---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES-AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Requires a city or town to utilize qualification based selection for the procurement of program managers, construction managers, or construction managers at risk.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES-AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Requires a city or town to utilize qualification based selection for the procurement of program managers, construction managers, or construction managers at risk.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6146"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6146 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Business & Professions", "Construction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Edwards", "Maldonado", "Marshall", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-04-26"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18aecfd5-05df-40ed-a529-7c5217966714"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3935ccf87382b7b73e07ea48648e9329d66083312763d0e4afad992c0caa6fde"
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 6146 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES-AWARD OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS (Requires a city or town to utilize qualification based selection for the procurement of program managers, construction managers, or construction managers at risk.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6146.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Canario — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2017)
- **2017-05-04** 05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2017)
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 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/18aecfd5-05df-40ed-a529-7c5217966714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).