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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Provides that any minority business enterprise certified by the Federal Small Business Act shall be deemed certified by the department of administration as a minority business enterprise.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Provides that any minority business enterprise certified by the Federal Small Business Act shall be deemed certified by the department of administration as a minority business enterprise.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5461"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5461 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Caldwell", "Hull", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38b4b20e-ae77-436f-9d7d-2c2556c26d73"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "786757735e50fa800e6d55f0eb31b4d27e7f6455b0d59665ba6dcdc0517417a9"
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 HB 5461 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Provides that any minority business enterprise certified by the Federal Small Business Act shall be deemed certified by the department of administration as a minority business enterprise.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5461.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **720** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Almeida — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2019)
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/19/2019)
- **2019-03-19** 03/19/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/26/2019)
- **2019-03-26** 03/26/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/38b4b20e-ae77-436f-9d7d-2c2556c26d73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).