republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-709.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that the maximum aggregate amounts for small purchases within the chapter on state purchases be adjusted to not exceed $25,000 for construction and $10,000 for all other purchases.)	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that the maximum aggregate amounts for small purchases within the chapter on state purchases be adjusted to not exceed $25,000 for construction and $10,000 for all other purchases.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	SB 709	Rhode Island SB 709 (2023)	bill	Construction Dept. of Administration Finance Property Public Works	enacted	Murray	1	11	2	2023-03-22	2023-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/703832fa-5d66-41bf-a4d4-e21b1ff3997f	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	143e595bb5f1535349d0e96be06903b1544d8105cc9a8ac94818d2c2d1c5ae0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 709 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES (Provides that the maximum aggregate amounts for small purchases within the chapter on state purchases be adjusted to not exceed $25,000 for construction and $10,000 for all other purchases.)

Version chain

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

1. 709 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 72–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 35–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Murray — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-22 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-19 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2023)
• 2023-05-25 05/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-06-09 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
• 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-14 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed passage
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-19 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-22 06/22/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/703832fa-5d66-41bf-a4d4-e21b1ff3997f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).