---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- ROOFING CONTRACTORS (Amends the registration and licensure requirements of roofing contractors.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- ROOFING CONTRACTORS (Amends the registration and licensure requirements of roofing contractors.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 268"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 268 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Construction", "Labor", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Lombardo", "Picard", "Seveney", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dba27224-fd64-4af9-9e2d-26634e2b7d34"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d3ade596d344a85e76e851c4e7ba53d796924bc0c987bf1f9bfd97eb3117d6aa"
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 268 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- ROOFING CONTRACTORS (Amends the registration and licensure requirements of roofing contractors.)

## Version chain

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

1. **268 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0268A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- ROOFING CONTRACTORS — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2021)
- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2021)
- **2021-05-17** 05/17/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/dba27224-fd64-4af9-9e2d-26634e2b7d34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).