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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ROBERTS AND ROCHA, INC."
+description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ROBERTS AND ROCHA, INC."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7972"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7972 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-11"
+last_action: "2022-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48ce8d6b-e900-4fc1-8161-accd117a089c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "49c97e8bd9dbc5a36bb2ac585f84f4970a9b5189eb4c22207b97324892f8c200"
+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 7972 (2022) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ROBERTS AND ROCHA, INC.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7972** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7972.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
+- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/05/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/03/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 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/48ce8d6b-e900-4fc1-8161-accd117a089c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+