---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS - REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Distinguishes the criminal penalties for violating a final order of the Contractors' Registration Board. Judgments less than $5,000 are misdemeanors; judgments $5,000 or more are felonies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS - REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Distinguishes the criminal penalties for violating a final order of the Contractors' Registration Board. Judgments less than $5,000 are misdemeanors; judgments $5,000 or more are felonies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7443"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7443 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Business & Professions", "Criminal Procedure", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Corvese", "McLaughlin", "Phillips", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01cc3352-5e71-4778-8e67-66851c496443"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9340613a9001a7a16f25f592b1df7b647bce500ae10ae4ba5490722da59c395a"
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 7443 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONTRACTORS - REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Distinguishes the criminal penalties for violating a final order of the Contractors' Registration Board. Judgments less than $5,000 are misdemeanors; judgments $5,000 or more are felonies.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7443.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canario — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2018)
- **2018-02-27** 02/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01cc3352-5e71-4778-8e67-66851c496443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).