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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE"
+description: "Amends the state building code and would require that the state adopt the 2024 International Residential Code and prohibit the state building committee from adopting amendments for one to four residential dwelling units until 2030."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7774"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7774 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Casey", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "Shekarchi", "Speakman", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-12"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1467360-cdd0-414c-800a-ea12d288074e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "18c5865a179e87f8a0098370ba7238ee3ff18ea8fc3026b9628002e573143f5e"
+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 7774 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
+
+Amends the state building code and would require that the state adopt the 2024 International Residential Code and prohibit the state building committee from adopting amendments for one to four residential dwelling units until 2030.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7774 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7774A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **57–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-12** 02/12/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2026-03-16** 03/16/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/17/2026)
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/29/2026)
+- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2026)
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/e1467360-cdd0-414c-800a-ea12d288074e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+