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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT"
+description: "Establishes standards governing the municipal regulation of outdoor dining at food service establishments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7064"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7064 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Costantino", "Craven", "Diaz", "McEntee", "Phillips", "Shallcross Smith", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-05"
+last_action: "2024-02-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2e8ceaa-a63a-4c8d-b947-bb038c231fd7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "39829be424c3224d1e84e1d301af4600a88bfd796839c5e065ce04938b2cf68c"
+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 7064 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT
+
+Establishes standards governing the municipal regulation of outdoor dining at food service establishments.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7064 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7064A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/18/2024)
+- **2024-01-18** 01/18/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Scheduled for consideration (02/01/2024)
+- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Placed on House Calendar (02/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-06** 02/06/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-02-06** 02/06/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/08/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 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/a2e8ceaa-a63a-4c8d-b947-bb038c231fd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+