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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE"
+description: "Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5946"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5946 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Edwards", "Finkelman", "Messier", "O'Brien", "Potter", "Read", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-28"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a344545-8959-44e0-a5d8-c9b18b36f43f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c3dd6c931bff0780564d9a6b6d9b356b87ba4f77d048662a9ca9e939a39fcba0"
+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 5946 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
+
+Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5946 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5946A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
+- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A `passage`
+- **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 Sub A 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/5a344545-8959-44e0-a5d8-c9b18b36f43f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+