---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7597"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7597 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "C Lima", "Cardillo", "Hull", "J Lombardi", "McLaughlin", "McNamara", "Morales", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e808b00-a9ee-4075-9694-05cd121a6dc0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1fc026fa2af31e08b4da891572f31e9846ab8ee32a06b7e571c7e18b09b6e596"
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 7597 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7597 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7597aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- C Lima — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- J Lombardi — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2022)
- **2022-03-23** 03/23/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2022)
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 House voted to recommit to House Corporations
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/17/2022)
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/0e808b00-a9ee-4075-9694-05cd121a6dc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).