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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- RHODE ISLAND ANTI-BID-RIGGING ACT"
+description: "Establishes the Rhode Island Anti-Bid-Rigging Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6173"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6173 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Brien", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Fellela", "Messier", "Serpa", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-04-04"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fe6e43b-aa62-4274-adc6-d7c21099ddd2"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "17444fb67c8780451eaceec5191434cffda79e20f2daf56c25cbeb8790be3a59"
+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 6173 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- RHODE ISLAND ANTI-BID-RIGGING ACT
+
+Establishes the Rhode Island Anti-Bid-Rigging Act.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6173 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6173A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/5fe6e43b-aa62-4274-adc6-d7c21099ddd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+