---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that an information technology project manager be assigned for all requests for proposals for information technology projects.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that an information technology project manager be assigned for all requests for proposals for information technology projects.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5824"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5824 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Departments", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Costantino", "Ucci", "Winfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef742503-f76d-46ea-999d-9b079d41daad"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2f6468f6229d5314c9b2a7839a84ef46e51be0e63333133a87e263e87b87d2f8"
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 5824 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT (Requires that an information technology project manager be assigned for all requests for proposals for information technology projects.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5824** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5824.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)
- Winfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Committee transferred to House Finance
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/ef742503-f76d-46ea-999d-9b079d41daad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).