---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES"
description: "Amends the process for creating and governing project labor agreements (“PLA”)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7972"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7972 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Cotter", "Cruz", "Dawson", "Shanley", "Solomon", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a648b69-78ab-4363-9ad8-1457cc5cf2f3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3eb9a812ee544bdc416705fd7f52dac649dbc882228873b18a7aba264f63bd53"
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 7972 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES

Amends the process for creating and governing project labor agreements (“PLA”).

## Version chain

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

1. **7972 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7972A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2026)
- **2026-03-18** 03/18/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/2a648b69-78ab-4363-9ad8-1457cc5cf2f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).