---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF RITA'S PIZZA, INC."
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF RITA'S PIZZA, INC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7485"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7485 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a18f30aa-7423-4562-a3eb-09e97a8b9c2c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "98ae7e13740a377755b3b9181409034364052d0f1eac020c912265e887572633"
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 7485 (2020) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF RITA'S PIZZA, INC.

## Version chain

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

1. **7485** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7485.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** 02/06/2020 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2020)
- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2020-02-17** 02/17/2020 Scheduled for consideration (02/25/2020)
- **2020-02-25** 02/25/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** 03/06/2020 Placed on House Calendar (03/10/2020)
- **2020-03-10** 03/10/2020 House read and passed `passage`
- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2020)
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** 06/25/2020 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/a18f30aa-7423-4562-a3eb-09e97a8b9c2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).