---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS - TRADES LICENSING - PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS (Each individual violating law governing electricians, plumbers, and other trades constitutes a separate offense for firms/corporations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS - TRADES LICENSING - PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS (Each individual violating law governing electricians, plumbers, and other trades constitutes a separate offense for firms/corporations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6293"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6293 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Electricians", "Plumbers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Cunha", "Maldonado", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-08"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8ecd8b4-dc33-4823-86a2-aa01fe1805ac"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c676910ff8d49b305be14d3943cebc31b230a5f6fe16c75601e58c39b63933ac"
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 6293 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ELECTRICIANS - TRADES LICENSING - PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS (Each individual violating law governing electricians, plumbers, and other trades constitutes a separate offense for firms/corporations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6293.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Cunha — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House Labor `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/15/2017)
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/c8ecd8b4-dc33-4823-86a2-aa01fe1805ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).