---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Increases the levy on total construction costs that cities and towns may charge for building permits and directs that fifty percent (50%) each of the levy be transmitted monthly to the department of labor and training for workforce training.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Increases the levy on total construction costs that cities and towns may charge for building permits and directs that fifty percent (50%) each of the levy be transmitted monthly to the department of labor and training for workforce training.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7332"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7332 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNamara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f3ad4e-65d8-4a54-bbd5-7dd086fc137e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7dae06e2681bbe8df4d037b59ffab6057d22ab2f1eae69a9a090bcb9c1d46e12"
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 7332 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Increases the levy on total construction costs that cities and towns may charge for building permits and directs that fifty percent (50%) each of the levy be transmitted monthly to the department of labor and training for workforce training.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7332 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7332A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** 02/04/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** 02/09/2022 Committee transferred to House Finance
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/13/2022)
- **2022-04-13** 04/13/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/d7f3ad4e-65d8-4a54-bbd5-7dd086fc137e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).