---
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: "SB 676"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 676 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Crowley", "Metts", "Nesselbush", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b29848b5-e489-4ef1-bcd9-79bd8c736e27"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "80112c0fa07e10fc4a060bf5458b328a8f09d9848ed552dd1ffd0f6f047f978f"
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 676 (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. **676 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0676Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **31–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **32–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Calkin — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2017)
- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **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 the House Consent 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/b29848b5-e489-4ef1-bcd9-79bd8c736e27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).