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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (Provides an exception to competitive bidding for local, minority and woman-owned businesses. Provides a waiver of compliance to contractors for the inclusion of minority-owned businesses in all procurements and construction projects.) AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (Provides an exception to competitive bidding for local, minority and woman-owned businesses. Provides a waiver of compliance to contractors for the inclusion of minority-owned businesses in all procurements and construction projects.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2021 SB 549 Rhode Island SB 549 (2021)
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1 15 1 2021-03-04 2021-07-15 openstates ocd-bill/96e5cfde-2b5c-434e-b6cb-d64226b99298 https://status.rilegislature.gov/ 1527f10d740263a4af4930b81866bcd93329061ccca7e1330b2ff2a2bd32fdc6 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Rhode Island SB 549 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (Provides an exception to competitive bidding for local, minority and woman-owned businesses. Provides a waiver of compliance to contractors for the inclusion of minority-owned businesses in all procurements and construction projects.)

Version chain

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

  1. 549 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • ENTERPRISES — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Acosta — primary (person)
  • Cano — primary (person)
  • Euer — primary (person)
  • Goodwin — primary (person)
  • Kallman — primary (person)
  • Mack — primary (person)
  • McCaffrey — primary (person)
  • Seveney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-03-04 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-19 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2021)
  • 2021-03-24 03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2021-06-18 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
  • 2021-06-22 06/22/2021 Proposed Substitute
  • 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/24/2021)
  • 2021-06-24 06/24/2021 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections referral-committee
  • 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2021)
  • 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
  • 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2021-07-07 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-07-15 07/15/2021 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96e5cfde-2b5c-434e-b6cb-d64226b99298. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).