---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Requires a city or town to utilize qualification based selection for the procurement of program managers, construction managers, or construction managers at risk.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Requires a city or town to utilize qualification based selection for the procurement of program managers, construction managers, or construction managers at risk.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 814"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 814 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lombardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46649df6-0b79-45e2-821e-3aaf54ae86ee"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "efca71e320195f777f1b9aba8f2c2c0485b4dbfcbfbc75d643e25c462085b920"
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 814 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Requires a city or town to utilize qualification based selection for the procurement of program managers, construction managers, or construction managers at risk.)

## Version chain

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

1. **814 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0814A.pdf)

## Votes

- RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - A — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lombardi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/31/2017)
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **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 Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/46649df6-0b79-45e2-821e-3aaf54ae86ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).