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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Provides that elderly persons may, absent an emergency, cancel any agreement for contractor services within three (3) days if the contract originated in an in-home solicitation by the contractor.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Provides that elderly persons may, absent an emergency, cancel any agreement for contractor services within three (3) days if the contract originated in an in-home solicitation by the contractor.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 5826"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5826 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Seniors", "Licenses", "Business & Professions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Donovan", "McEntee", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-03-02"
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last_action: "2017-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ddd3866-d313-4fc3-8d65-195996c84c03"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "0c39165eca089509a0d9d6089042377d196c6dd0e682d50b8bc83bde6690473e"
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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 5826 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Provides that elderly persons may, absent an emergency, cancel any agreement for contractor services within three (3) days if the contract originated in an in-home solicitation by the contractor.)
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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. **5826 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5826A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)
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- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2017)
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- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
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- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2017)
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- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2017)
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/9ddd3866-d313-4fc3-8d65-195996c84c03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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