---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES"
description: "Provides that vendors, parent corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, or subcontractors of the state are prohibited from bidding on requests for proposals if the person or entity has a conflict of interest as defined by the code of ethics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3139"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3139 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-04"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94c05703-6349-41af-8660-3673ddd3a0ef"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c3a3ab25d81bf3fee84df414ccc34dc78e8dab7817cc2d02b5266910f1245098"
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 SB 3139 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES

Provides that vendors, parent corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, or subcontractors of the state are prohibited from bidding on requests for proposals if the person or entity has a conflict of interest as defined by the code of ethics.

## Version chain

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

1. **3139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3139.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **74–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/94c05703-6349-41af-8660-3673ddd3a0ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).