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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LOBSTERS AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS"
+description: "Amends the current law to allow for the harvesting of blue crabs during the hours of darkness."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7440"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7440 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Boylan", "Carson", "Chippendale", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Edwards", "Handy", "Knight", "McGaw"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-02-02"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1285cb4e-0b0b-4f42-bb61-ccbc9e82b783"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9fca6fde2d31ad94247b69ac87c154dd95da113b8c16c1e0c3662864d0f6190a"
+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 7440 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LOBSTERS AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS
+
+Amends the current law to allow for the harvesting of blue crabs during the hours of darkness.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7440.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/29/2024)
+- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/21/2024)
+- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/26/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed 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/1285cb4e-0b0b-4f42-bb61-ccbc9e82b783`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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