republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5280.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS (Creates a veteran's preference in the issuance of state contracts.)	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS (Creates a veteran's preference in the issuance of state contracts.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5280	Rhode Island HB 5280 (2017)	bill	Property Public Works Business & Professions Military Affairs Veterans	enacted	Barros Casey McLaughlin Morin Phillips	1	11	1	2017-01-27	2017-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e2e53f8a-05de-4325-8d07-6b360c865874	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	d9cb20c2acdc259d93ec84dd93c8fcad8202c3dda6ea2d0fe7a1d43d871516ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5280 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS (Creates a veteran's preference in the issuance of state contracts.)

Version chain

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

1. 5280 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barros — primary (person)
• Casey — primary (person)
• McLaughlin — primary (person)
• Morin — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-27 01/27/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-04-20 04/20/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2017)
• 2017-04-25 04/25/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-16 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
• 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-24 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
• 2017-06-26 06/26/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-05 07/05/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2e53f8a-05de-4325-8d07-6b360c865874. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).