---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that the maximum aggregate amounts for small purchases within the chapter on state purchases be adjusted to not exceed $25,000 for construction and $10,000 for all other purchases.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that the maximum aggregate amounts for small purchases within the chapter on state purchases be adjusted to not exceed $25,000 for construction and $10,000 for all other purchases.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 709"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 709 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Construction", "Dept. of Administration", "Finance", "Property", "Public Works"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/703832fa-5d66-41bf-a4d4-e21b1ff3997f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "143e595bb5f1535349d0e96be06903b1544d8105cc9a8ac94818d2c2d1c5ae0c"
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 709 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that the maximum aggregate amounts for small purchases within the chapter on state purchases be adjusted to not exceed $25,000 for construction and $10,000 for all other purchases.)

## Version chain

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

1. **709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0709.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/703832fa-5d66-41bf-a4d4-e21b1ff3997f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).