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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION -- RHODE ISLAND -- IRELAND TRADE COMMISSION"
+description: "Establishes trade commission to advance economic interests of Rhode Island and Ireland."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7777"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7777 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Dawson", "Edwards", "Fenton-Fung", "Fogarty", "Kennedy", "McEntee", "McNamara", "Messier", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-02-29"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84902d84-ab21-4397-9c2e-890169fc7c29"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c9f147b1eea3f99f401dcc1dcb953adf58d97fac403fa4e56a3272d37789d7d2"
+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 7777 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION -- RHODE ISLAND -- IRELAND TRADE COMMISSION
+
+Establishes trade commission to advance economic interests of Rhode Island and Ireland.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7777** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7777.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2024)
+- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 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/84902d84-ab21-4397-9c2e-890169fc7c29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+