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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Allows 288 hours of trade school training to qualify for the journeyperson \"B\" electrical exam. Increases the period of indentured apprenticeship with the department of labor and training and a licensed electrician master to 4 years.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Allows 288 hours of trade school training to qualify for the journeyperson \"B\" electrical exam. Increases the period of indentured apprenticeship with the department of labor and training and a licensed electrician master to 4 years.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5437"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5437 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Education", "Electricians", "Electricity", "Higher Education", "Labor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-07-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/965d85d8-502e-4955-9636-fa68502900b6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fbf2b5a6815c9ab6bbf1e5756914ac279a69a976679f69cbaee71b4d79789883"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 5437 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Allows 288 hours of trade school training to qualify for the journeyperson "B" electrical exam. Increases the period of indentured apprenticeship with the department of labor and training and a licensed electrician master to 4 years.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5437 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5437Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **69–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2021)
+- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/965d85d8-502e-4955-9636-fa68502900b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+