---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- WORKERS' COOPERATIVES (Creates a statutory vehicle for the creation and functioning of workers' cooperatives which are corporations that are owned and democratically governed by their members.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- WORKERS' COOPERATIVES (Creates a statutory vehicle for the creation and functioning of workers' cooperatives which are corporations that are owned and democratically governed by their members.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6155"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6155 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Craven", "Keable", "Maldonado", "McKiernan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-27"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ce39cc1-03e2-4267-81c5-3c7b51ed8d7c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b7c2bda1a6babd46d1a5c1c76b0dc99dcc47809d50ea6b0d108002e85a0c6f2b"
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 6155 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- WORKERS' COOPERATIVES (Creates a statutory vehicle for the creation and functioning of workers' cooperatives which are corporations that are owned and democratically governed by their members.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6155 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6155Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- McKiernan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2017)
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 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/4ce39cc1-03e2-4267-81c5-3c7b51ed8d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).