---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS BONDS"
description: "Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7057"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7057 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Batista", "Cotter", "Cruz", "Diaz", "Giraldo", "Henries", "Morales", "Sanchez", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b31bd514-1710-418e-b581-5ef14287ecda"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "13b2f6e770b763be871454755184bc76ce5da9b1e37a618e8a5bf37d5b45665c"
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 7057 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS BONDS

Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses.

## Version chain

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

1. **7057 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7057A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Sanchez — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2024)
- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A 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/b31bd514-1710-418e-b581-5ef14287ecda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).