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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 5679"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5679 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Professions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-27"
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last_action: "2019-07-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aebdb25-cd75-41da-9a0b-82e29d962da1"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "e8e845d8ed6604f57c0c80ae73dae7c0b81ca003e92234f8a07dbcd91620b323"
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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 5679 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - ENGINEERS (Requires that plans for natural gas infrastructure be built to a set of design standards approved by a certified engineer if the work poses a material public safety risk.)
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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. **5679 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5679aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **62–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kennedy — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2019)
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- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2019)
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/1aebdb25-cd75-41da-9a0b-82e29d962da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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