republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-85.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	SB 85	Rhode Island SB 85 (2017)	bill	Property Public Works Labor Veterans	enacted	Cote Felag Lynch Prata Seveney	1	14	2	2017-01-18	2017-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/9e7c2b7c-40b5-4755-8068-f1f32ecf4d6d	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	96640f94a7338280cd7f84141572ae2176a6589a9ff57966e4ff5af15290a0a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 85 (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. 85 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · legislature
• IN CONCURRENCE — 70–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Cote — primary (person)
• Felag — primary (person)
• Lynch Prata — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-18 01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-10 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2017-03-13 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/15/2017)
• 2017-03-24 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2017)
• 2017-03-29 03/29/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-03-31 03/31/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2017)
• 2017-04-05 04/05/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-11 04/11/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/25/2017)
• 2017-04-25 04/25/2017 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2017-04-26 04/26/2017 Referred to House Finance referral-committee
• 2017-06-24 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 House 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/9e7c2b7c-40b5-4755-8068-f1f32ecf4d6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).