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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS BONDS"
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description: "Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2902"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2902 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Lawson", "Mack", "McKenney", "Pearson", "Zurier"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-03-22"
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last_action: "2024-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/291cc261-dd46-4558-a650-b592ae09923d"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "6822020179110dc0de01c98dcd1a3071e4b1136e0f951b46ab9fc112551c4e5d"
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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 SB 2902 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CONTRACTORS BONDS
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Provides that upon application, and good cause, the state may waive the bonding requirement for certified minority business enterprises or women owned businesses.
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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. **2902 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2902aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Approval of Amendment — **32–1** (pass) · upper
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- Passage as Amended — **32–5** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- DiMario — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Zurier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-23** 03/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2024)
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- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/291cc261-dd46-4558-a650-b592ae09923d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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