H7316 • 2026

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- REVIEW OF CONTRACTED SERVICES (Require the director of any state agency with more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in contracted services to conduct a review of said services and to provide a two percent (2%) reduction in said expenditures over five years.)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Santucci, Fascia, Nardone, Newberry, Quattrocchi, Chippendale, Paplauskas
Last action: 2026-01-23
Official status: Introduced, referred to House Finance
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- REVIEW OF CONTRACTED SERVICES (Require the director of any state agency with more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in contracted services to conduct a review of said services and to provide a two percent (2%) reduction in said expenditures over five years.)

What This Bill Does

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- REVIEW OF CONTRACTED SERVICES (Require the director of any state agency with more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in contracted services to conduct a review of said services and to provide a two percent (2%) reduction in said expenditures over five years.)

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Bill History

2026-01-23 Rhode Island General Assembly
Introduced, referred to House Finance

Official Summary Text

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- REVIEW OF CONTRACTED SERVICES (Require the director of any state agency with more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in contracted services to conduct a review of said services and to provide a two percent (2%) reduction in said expenditures over five years.)

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H7316

2026 -- H 7316
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- REVIEW OF
CONTRACTED SERVICES

Introduced By:
Representatives Santucci, Fascia, Nardone, Newberry, Quattrocchi,
Chippendale, and Paplauskas

Date Introduced:
January 23, 2026

Referred To:
House Finance
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Chapter 37-2 of the General Laws entitled "State Purchases" is hereby
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amended by adding thereto the following section:
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37-2-58.1. Review of contracted services.

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(a) The director of any state agency with contracted service expenditures of more than five
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million dollars ($5,000,000) shall, on an annual basis, commencing July 1, 2027, conduct a review
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of all contracted services spending to identify where reductions in contracted spending can be made.
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(b) Commencing in the fiscal year 2027-2028, any department that has contracted spending
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of more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall provide a two percent (2%) reduction in said
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expenditures within a period of five (5) fiscal years.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- REVIEW OF
CONTRACTED SERVICES
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This act would require the director of any state agency with more than five million dollars
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($5,000,000) in contracted services to conduct a review of said services and to provide a two percent
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(2%) reduction in said expenditures within a five (5) year period, commencing in fiscal year 2027-
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2028.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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