republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-6155.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- WORKERS' COOPERATIVES (Creates a statutory vehicle for the creation and functioning of workers' cooperatives which are corporations that are owned and democratically governed by their members.)	AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- WORKERS' COOPERATIVES (Creates a statutory vehicle for the creation and functioning of workers' cooperatives which are corporations that are owned and democratically governed by their members.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 6155	Rhode Island HB 6155 (2017)	bill	Labor	enacted	Blazejewski Craven Keable Maldonado McKiernan	1	16	2	2017-04-27	2017-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/4ce39cc1-03e2-4267-81c5-3c7b51ed8d7c	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	b7c2bda1a6babd46d1a5c1c76b0dc99dcc47809d50ea6b0d108002e85a0c6f2b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 6155 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- WORKERS' COOPERATIVES (Creates a statutory vehicle for the creation and functioning of workers' cooperatives which are corporations that are owned and democratically governed by their members.)

Version chain

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

1. 6155 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 73–0 (pass) · legislature
• AS AMENDED — 73–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Blazejewski — primary (person)
• Craven — primary (person)
• Keable — primary (person)
• Maldonado — primary (person)
• McKiernan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-27 04/27/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-04-28 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2017)
• 2017-05-02 05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
• 2017-05-23 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-26 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2017)
• 2017-06-01 06/01/2017 House passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2017-06-07 06/07/2017 Referred to Senate Labor referral-committee
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-09-14 09/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
• 2017-09-28 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-10-04 10/04/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ce39cc1-03e2-4267-81c5-3c7b51ed8d7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).