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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND"
+description: "Provides amendments relative to the permitting authority of, and acceptable forms of financial security permissible for construction and/or improvement guarantees relating to the completion of required public improvements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7950"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7950 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Cruz", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Henries", "Morales", "Potter", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-03-05"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a7b8580-49a7-43b0-b70e-4cff67f255ed"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "381992ef54da2ac0f5c8ed5b063186715d74c410e742ab682bc01387f3c490d7"
+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 7950 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND
+
+Provides amendments relative to the permitting authority of, and acceptable forms of financial security permissible for construction and/or improvement guarantees relating to the completion of required public improvements.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7950 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7950A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Henries — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2024)
+- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2024)
+- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A 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/4a7b8580-49a7-43b0-b70e-4cff67f255ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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