---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE"
description: "Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5684"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5684 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Biah", "Diaz", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Morales", "Potter", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1bcbdd5-1e05-44e4-bc57-b7803152060d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d1de77b2d7a8d6f3204405a1832f4c3f1d686202cd903bbcaee28c40cbb1a21a"
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 5684 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

Requires the department of administration to provide a list of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises to each prospective contractor of a construction project.

## Version chain

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

1. **5684** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5684.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2025)
- **2025-03-19** 03/19/2025 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`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 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`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/e1bcbdd5-1e05-44e4-bc57-b7803152060d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).