---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS"
description: "Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5505"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5505 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Azzinaro", "Corvese", "DeSimone", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a14806fc-1bef-4407-9855-2019f4513c7d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "656d9c96fc5dcbf2c16bf92a6471fcdac4fbcdc57c2c7ef89e055cc0ce9a98cf"
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 5505 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS

Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days.

## Version chain

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

1. **5505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5505.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2025)
- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/a14806fc-1bef-4407-9855-2019f4513c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).