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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COUNCIL"
+description: "Amends the composition of the small business advisory council."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7537"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7537 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hull", "Slater", "Voas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-07"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c106eaf-e629-47f3-b25a-7767633b70fb"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4e1a8ff6883f358bca9d57eb90f016a090fa40cb812fa2489e9a948986f680a4"
+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 7537 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COUNCIL
+
+Amends the composition of the small business advisory council.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7537 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7537A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Voas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-07** 02/07/2024 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/14/2024)
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
+- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/23/2024)
+- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Meeting postponed (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Meeting postponed (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/1c106eaf-e629-47f3-b25a-7767633b70fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+