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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR LICENSING"
+description: "Requires that, beginning January 1, 2028, all contractors structurally remodeling or building new residential structures with 1 to 4 family dwelling units be licensed by the contractors’ registration and licensing board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 749"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 749 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Patalano", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-07"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/791cd487-16fe-43cf-ab97-ed3d6b0a1340"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9aec5b42a68b8346ecec0bbf3b37ac3c43748d3334ff213c5d1a388c3b7496d1"
+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 SB 749 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR LICENSING
+
+Requires that, beginning January 1, 2028, all contractors structurally remodeling or building new residential structures with 1 to 4 family dwelling units be licensed by the contractors’ registration and licensing board.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **749 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0749A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **53–11** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Patalano — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `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`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/791cd487-16fe-43cf-ab97-ed3d6b0a1340`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+