---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Provides that elderly persons may, absent an emergency, cancel any agreement for contractor services within three (3) days if the contract originated in an in-home solicitation by the contractor.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Provides that elderly persons may, absent an emergency, cancel any agreement for contractor services within three (3) days if the contract originated in an in-home solicitation by the contractor.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1009"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1009 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Seniors", "Business & Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-30"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61d876c5-2986-4929-ac70-88f2b9acb42a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ea3c8107ba56c2dc3b1b3fe5a5e6aa2a1675683315f0e0050e88cb52a84001db"
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 1009 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Provides that elderly persons may, absent an emergency, cancel any agreement for contractor services within three (3) days if the contract originated in an in-home solicitation by the contractor.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1009** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S1009.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFE — **63–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House 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/61d876c5-2986-4929-ac70-88f2b9acb42a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).