---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS (Enables Rhode Island businesses to voluntarily promulgate standards to guide its business activities in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as metrics for assessing whether it has met its objectives.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS (Enables Rhode Island businesses to voluntarily promulgate standards to guide its business activities in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as metrics for assessing whether it has met its objectives.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 395"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 395 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe393782-3b70-4c99-96f3-d64137524139"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "030c55023effc6a764b291a6d5d11eba1d4b8391c7d07b049bc3b10e9e4fdd2c"
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 395 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS (Enables Rhode Island businesses to voluntarily promulgate standards to guide its business activities in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as metrics for assessing whether it has met its objectives.)

## Version chain

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

1. **395 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0395A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **50–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2019)
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Referred to House Committee on Small Business `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/fe393782-3b70-4c99-96f3-d64137524139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).