---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- BUILDING SERVICE WORK (Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- BUILDING SERVICE WORK (Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7200"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7200 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Amore", "Batista", "Biah", "Cortvriend", "Diaz", "Kazarian", "Morales", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc4a67e5-81d7-4903-baaa-24ef5791373c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1ce4181a067cd0d798ab99541d03714d5896fdd5f7cb0896cb4b57e476be7f09"
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 7200 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- BUILDING SERVICE WORK (Requires that janitors and security guards employed, pursuant to state contracts worth more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) of janitorial or security services, be paid a standard compensation rate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7200 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7200Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Amore — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** 01/26/2022 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** 01/28/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2022-02-01** 02/01/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/02/2022)
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2022)
- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/bc4a67e5-81d7-4903-baaa-24ef5791373c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).