---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR LICENSING"
description: "Requires that, beginning January 1, 2028, all contractors structurally remodeling or building new residential structures with 1 to 4 family dwelling units be licensed by the contractors’ registration and licensing board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 749"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 749 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Patalano", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/791cd487-16fe-43cf-ab97-ed3d6b0a1340"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9aec5b42a68b8346ecec0bbf3b37ac3c43748d3334ff213c5d1a388c3b7496d1"
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 SB 749 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR LICENSING

Requires that, beginning January 1, 2028, all contractors structurally remodeling or building new residential structures with 1 to 4 family dwelling units be licensed by the contractors’ registration and licensing board.

## Version chain

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

1. **749 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0749A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **53–11** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/791cd487-16fe-43cf-ab97-ed3d6b0a1340`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).