---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD"
description: "Requires all applicants who seek to register as a contractor to produce a legible copy of a valid government issued identification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5558"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5558 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Baginski", "Casimiro", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Perez", "Place", "Shallcross Smith", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4fa0ab5-10ad-4545-a22a-9467495c9ad5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d0c4eb376dc918d8583691d6a1d88bb15b6a72118f0816ef27947fe7b146e755"
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 HB 5558 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD

Requires all applicants who seek to register as a contractor to produce a legible copy of a valid government issued identification.

## Version chain

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

1. **5558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5558.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/d4fa0ab5-10ad-4545-a22a-9467495c9ad5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).