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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS (Enables Rhode Island businesses to voluntarily promulgate standards to guide its business activities in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as metrics for assessing whether it has met its objectives.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS (Enables Rhode Island businesses to voluntarily promulgate standards to guide its business activities in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as metrics for assessing whether it has met its objectives.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 5145"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5145 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Professions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Craven", "Marszalkowski", "Ruggiero", "Shekarchi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-17"
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last_action: "2019-07-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f0e80f8-b2ed-49d6-8df1-ce2f3f96218c"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "676436b695eafcbce83dc16e9dcace8a846b8420c6bb4c00e04c422eba69f81c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5145 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS (Enables Rhode Island businesses to voluntarily promulgate standards to guide its business activities in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as metrics for assessing whether it has met its objectives.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5145 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5145A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **49–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blazejewski — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
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- Ruggiero — primary (person)
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- Shekarchi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-17** 01/17/2019 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2019-02-04** 02/04/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/06/2019)
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- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2019)
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- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/26/2019)
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f0e80f8-b2ed-49d6-8df1-ce2f3f96218c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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