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legislation/us/states/ri/2022/hb-7947.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Directs the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to maintain accurate records and prepares status reports (\"reports\") on a biannual basis the several entities.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Directs the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to maintain accurate records and prepares status reports (\"reports\") on a biannual basis the several entities.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7947"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7947 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Potter"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-03-07"
+last_action: "2022-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/403a8f71-afbe-44f7-b93c-675cf36ec963"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "167c420256e7e8168475896187eace3361883907b60900fb89646fca08950506"
+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 7947 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Directs the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation to maintain accurate records and prepares status reports ("reports") on a biannual basis the several entities.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7947 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7947A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **10–58** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Potter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-07** 03/07/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2022)
+- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2022)
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A 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 Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/403a8f71-afbe-44f7-b93c-675cf36ec963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+