---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE - NEW BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES (Allows a contractor or builder to hire a qualified third-party inspector or state inspector to perform an inspection if a building official fails to perform an inspection within forty-eight (48) hours after notification, excluding weekends/holidays.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE - NEW BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES (Allows a contractor or builder to hire a qualified third-party inspector or state inspector to perform an inspection if a building official fails to perform an inspection within forty-eight (48) hours after notification, excluding weekends/holidays.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 687"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 687 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Lombardi", "McCaffrey", "Pearson", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b12049a-f698-4437-9b54-7f6a12bb515c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "912749773affcabc2aa9206cecc5726799f6cd1ecacfc632895f585677362fcb"
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 687 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE - NEW BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES (Allows a contractor or builder to hire a qualified third-party inspector or state inspector to perform an inspection if a building official fails to perform an inspection within forty-eight (48) hours after notification, excluding weekends/holidays.)

## Version chain

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

1. **687 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0687A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2019)
- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for consideration
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Meeting postponed (04/25/2019)
- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2019)
- **2019-04-29** 04/29/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-02** 05/02/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/14/2019)
- **2019-05-14** 05/14/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-05-15** 05/15/2019 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/8b12049a-f698-4437-9b54-7f6a12bb515c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).