republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-676.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	SB 676	Rhode Island SB 676 (2017)	bill	Labor	enacted	Calkin Crowley Metts Nesselbush Quezada	1	11	2	2017-03-29	2017-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/b29848b5-e489-4ef1-bcd9-79bd8c736e27	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	80112c0fa07e10fc4a060bf5458b328a8f09d9848ed552dd1ffd0f6f047f978f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 676 (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. 676 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Approval of Amendment — 31–2 (pass) · legislature
• Passage as Amended — 32–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Calkin — primary (person)
• Crowley — primary (person)
• Metts — primary (person)
• Nesselbush — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-29 03/29/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-04-21 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2017)
• 2017-04-26 04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 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 the House Consent 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/b29848b5-e489-4ef1-bcd9-79bd8c736e27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).