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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES"
+description: "Provides that vendors, parent corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, or subcontractors of the state are prohibited from bidding on requests for proposals if the person or entity has a conflict of interest as defined by the code of ethics."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 8348"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8348 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-06-08"
+last_action: "2024-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/817436a6-11c1-4f1c-9c97-333dc958cd90"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "843a246583ae7e3921ed4fffc99cf622824042b65e232b1a03148d7dc8c7c576"
+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 8348 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES
+
+Provides that vendors, parent corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, or subcontractors of the state are prohibited from bidding on requests for proposals if the person or entity has a conflict of interest as defined by the code of ethics.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8348.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2024)
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2024)
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/817436a6-11c1-4f1c-9c97-333dc958cd90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+