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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING"
+description: "Amends the current law on low-income housing to include moderate-income housing and eliminates the income percentages used to determine qualifications for low or moderate income housing."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7778"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7778 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Biah", "Fascia", "Fellela", "Messier", "Morales", "Noret", "Read", "Serpa", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-12"
+last_action: "2026-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fed02f3c-934b-445a-bfd7-c8a46ed94942"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5f577cb2844edb8a37a07c14a54fba5f163eb228beec3b978efc56e34dc0eac5"
+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 7778 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
+
+Amends the current law on low-income housing to include moderate-income housing and eliminates the income percentages used to determine qualifications for low or moderate income housing.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7778.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Fascia — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — 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`
+- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2026)
+- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/fed02f3c-934b-445a-bfd7-c8a46ed94942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+