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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS - REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Distinguishes the criminal penalties for violating a final order of the Contractors' Registration Board. Judgments less than $5,000 are misdemeanors; judgments $5,000 or more are felonies.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS - REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Distinguishes the criminal penalties for violating a final order of the Contractors' Registration Board. Judgments less than $5,000 are misdemeanors; judgments $5,000 or more are felonies.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7443"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7443 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Attorney General", "Business & Professions", "Criminal Procedure", "Fees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Corvese", "McLaughlin", "Phillips", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-02"
+last_action: "2018-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01cc3352-5e71-4778-8e67-66851c496443"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "9340613a9001a7a16f25f592b1df7b647bce500ae10ae4ba5490722da59c395a"
+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 7443 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS - REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Distinguishes the criminal penalties for violating a final order of the Contractors' Registration Board. Judgments less than $5,000 are misdemeanors; judgments $5,000 or more are felonies.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7443.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Canario — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- McLaughlin — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2018)
+- **2018-02-27** 02/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
+- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2018)
+- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01cc3352-5e71-4778-8e67-66851c496443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+