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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS BONDS"
description: "Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2902"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2902 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Lawson", "Mack", "McKenney", "Pearson", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/291cc261-dd46-4558-a650-b592ae09923d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6822020179110dc0de01c98dcd1a3071e4b1136e0f951b46ab9fc112551c4e5d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 2902 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS BONDS
Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2902 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2902aa.pdf)
## Votes
- Approval of Amendment — **321** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **325** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **637** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-23** 03/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2024)
- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/291cc261-dd46-4558-a650-b592ae09923d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).