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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Provides that any minority business enterprise that is certified under 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 that is certified under 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: "SB 109"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 109 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Equal Rights/Discrimination"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Lynch Prata", "Metts", "Pearson", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b794d633-1f8c-4fe5-9cc6-5e1d999ab0bb"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "390c8480e0ab3e1a8183730facdccf3ee07d4a70fe1cc8120d8fbe1edd6032bc"
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 109 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (Provides that any minority business enterprise that is certified under 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. **109 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0109A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **730** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cano — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-24** 01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** 02/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing (02/26/2019)
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Committee heard
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-03** 06/03/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 House passed Sub A 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/b794d633-1f8c-4fe5-9cc6-5e1d999ab0bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).