---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS (Provides for the consolidation of food truck registration within the department of business regulation to streamline the registration process and reduce the burden on small businesses.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS (Provides for the consolidation of food truck registration within the department of business regulation to streamline the registration process and reduce the burden on small businesses.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7790"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7790 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Dept. of Business Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Kennedy", "Marshall", "O`Grady", "Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/617a8469-a559-41ee-b15a-885600d5f018"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a7501666b8f1b90f5844dd435ea9f390e88fe0abb1aaee1999c5496651b31b20"
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 7790 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS (Provides for the consolidation of food truck registration within the department of business regulation to streamline the registration process and reduce the burden on small businesses.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7790 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7790A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- O`Grady — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Meeting postponed (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/617a8469-a559-41ee-b15a-885600d5f018`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).