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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (Enables municipalities to create tourism improvement districts to increase economic activity in the tourism industry.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (Enables municipalities to create tourism improvement districts to increase economic activity in the tourism industry.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7724"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7724 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "McEntee", "Slater", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-02"
+last_action: "2022-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a766f41-f396-41ef-a1ef-0bd09ef06905"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "93b16704ea72922ba229dd95725b2d3e2556466b6803b29ceb940b2f4c4183c9"
+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 7724 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (Enables municipalities to create tourism improvement districts to increase economic activity in the tourism industry.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7724** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7724.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **51–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barros — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2022)
+- **2022-03-17** 03/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2022)
+- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/0a766f41-f396-41ef-a1ef-0bd09ef06905`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+