---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 660"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 660 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Labor", "Property", "Public Works", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "F. Lombardi", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Murray", "Quezada", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e02cc8b1-c8c1-4251-b8bf-9df847c29396"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d38475e40ef7f0632343cba3b0e13c1548f8caf982e9e0280ca8dcffe3be0982"
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 660 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.)

## Version chain

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

1. **660** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0660.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2023)
- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/e02cc8b1-c8c1-4251-b8bf-9df847c29396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).