---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes the Rhode Island executive climate change coordinating council equity and environmental justice advisory board to advise on decision-making and equitable outcomes.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes the Rhode Island executive climate change coordinating council equity and environmental justice advisory board to advise on decision-making and equitable outcomes.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7611"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7611 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Alzate", "Bennett", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Giraldo", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Solomon", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/401dd5fb-b139-4130-aafb-b7e0cd14442d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4da3e14710be67c19fedcfcac281a4dee2126396ca6b3ec8d0d9856174c81f6b"
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 7611 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes the Rhode Island executive climate change coordinating council equity and environmental justice advisory board to advise on decision-making and equitable outcomes.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7611 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7611A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **50–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2022)
- **2022-03-30** 03/30/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/401dd5fb-b139-4130-aafb-b7e0cd14442d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).