---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE - NEW BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES (Allows a contractor or builder to hire a qualified third-party inspector or state inspector to perform an inspection if a building official fails to perform an inspection within forty-eight (48) hours after notification, excluding weekends/holidays.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE - NEW BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES (Allows a contractor or builder to hire a qualified third-party inspector or state inspector to perform an inspection if a building official fails to perform an inspection within forty-eight (48) hours after notification, excluding weekends/holidays.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5989"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5989 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building Code", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d31a15-d3d2-4240-96e7-9e20ef9ffb3c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "022a29004b7e28ee9e7663a7717539be45a2e566a406033c189fa749e19bcb21"
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 5989 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE - NEW BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES (Allows a contractor or builder to hire a qualified third-party inspector or state inspector to perform an inspection if a building official fails to perform an inspection within forty-eight (48) hours after notification, excluding weekends/holidays.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5989 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5989A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** 04/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2019)
- **2019-04-23** 04/23/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/39d31a15-d3d2-4240-96e7-9e20ef9ffb3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).