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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE"
+description: "Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5684"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5684 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Biah", "Diaz", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Morales", "Potter", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1bcbdd5-1e05-44e4-bc57-b7803152060d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d1de77b2d7a8d6f3204405a1832f4c3f1d686202cd903bbcaee28c40cbb1a21a"
+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 5684 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
+
+Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5684** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5684.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2025)
+- **2025-03-19** 03/19/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/e1bcbdd5-1e05-44e4-bc57-b7803152060d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+