---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5074"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5074 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Construction", "Corporations", "LLC and Partnerships", "Finance", "Labor", "Public Works", "State Departments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Shanley", "Slater", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2391c636-f464-4c72-9431-37da4b7f559c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2b1f066b00406fe44e6f8f64c896e8dec201c22e86072af24909e50a915d307d"
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 5074 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that certain public works renovation projects that include glazing work would have that work performed by North American contractor certification certified companies.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5074 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5074A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** 01/12/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2023)
- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/2391c636-f464-4c72-9431-37da4b7f559c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).