---
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: "SB 239"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 239 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Electricians", "Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Fogarty", "Lombardi", "Lombardo", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f643c5b7-2a39-4003-af2f-264da02c7ce6"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3ee1a00d8be3fa78c5b0a8c3aff890f2d7fe70317f8bb284accd89220e623b15"
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 239 (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. **239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0239.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-24** 02/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2017)
- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/08/2017)
- **2017-03-08** 03/08/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 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/f643c5b7-2a39-4003-af2f-264da02c7ce6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).