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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS"
+description: "Extends the current provisions relative to certain rights of innkeepers and eliminates the sunsetting of such sections thereby preserving the law as it currently exists."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7065"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7065 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Boylan", "Cortvriend", "DeSimone", "Edwards", "Finkelman", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "McNamara", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-05"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/982d7a99-c73d-4a9f-8dfd-4f340feece09"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b0f7dea1e8a7fd9e4427203debae1b3bd19543358a0f71862dbb4c00b28444f7"
+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 7065 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS
+
+Extends the current provisions relative to certain rights of innkeepers and eliminates the sunsetting of such sections thereby preserving the law as it currently exists.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7065 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7065A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–5** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **45–19** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Serpa — 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`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/982d7a99-c73d-4a9f-8dfd-4f340feece09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+