---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5679"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5679 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aebdb25-cd75-41da-9a0b-82e29d962da1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e8e845d8ed6604f57c0c80ae73dae7c0b81ca003e92234f8a07dbcd91620b323"
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 5679 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5679 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5679aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kennedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2019)
- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/1aebdb25-cd75-41da-9a0b-82e29d962da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).