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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS"
+description: "Clarifies the types of electrical services that require an electrical contractor's license."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7015"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7015 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Cotter", "Edwards", "Felix", "Fellela", "Messier", "Noret", "Shallcross Smith", "Shanley", "Stewart"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-05"
+last_action: "2024-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b68d30b2-a36e-4b78-9ed1-8cbcf9b72541"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4f5ffb0290e367685fdb1aad0799567a85a054e62d343ac956ea7db4f65ed1f1"
+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 7015 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS
+
+Clarifies the types of electrical services that require an electrical contractor's license.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7015 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7015A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/25/2024)
+- **2024-01-25** 01/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-25** 05/25/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/b68d30b2-a36e-4b78-9ed1-8cbcf9b72541`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+