---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS (Includes within the licensing and certification process required by the board of electricians the maintenance of certain electrical components.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS (Includes within the licensing and certification process required by the board of electricians the maintenance of certain electrical components.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5290"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5290 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licenses", "Business & Professions", "Electricians", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Casey", "Coughlin", "Edwards", "Maldonado"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1416db6-9981-4bae-82ba-f7b9582ae6da"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "816dfc6b232f65d226da2c145e88e00a2166bf455c714bb5d7021d91a114637d"
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 5290 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS (Includes within the licensing and certification process required by the board of electricians the maintenance of certain electrical components.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5290.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Coughlin — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-10** 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2017)
- **2017-02-14** 02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/e1416db6-9981-4bae-82ba-f7b9582ae6da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).