---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND REGULATORY REFORM ACT (The office of regulatory reform shall consult with various state agencies and plant-based representatives to facilitate economic growth.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND REGULATORY REFORM ACT (The office of regulatory reform shall consult with various state agencies and plant-based representatives to facilitate economic growth.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 95"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 95 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Departments", "Economic Development", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Conley", "Kettle", "Miller", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21d39097-5a29-4e05-8c4d-babfdc7ad995"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9c6c947a146af41047a21387e42f5724fed3addf4c324db5d42fc29cd68d9b1c"
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 95 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND REGULATORY REFORM ACT (The office of regulatory reform shall consult with various state agencies and plant-based representatives to facilitate economic growth.)

## Version chain

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

1. **95 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0095A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Kettle — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2017)
- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2017)
- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-21** 07/21/2017 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/21d39097-5a29-4e05-8c4d-babfdc7ad995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).