---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (Enables municipalities to create tourism improvement districts to increase economic activity in the tourism industry.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (Enables municipalities to create tourism improvement districts to increase economic activity in the tourism industry.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7724"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7724 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "McEntee", "Slater", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a766f41-f396-41ef-a1ef-0bd09ef06905"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "93b16704ea72922ba229dd95725b2d3e2556466b6803b29ceb940b2f4c4183c9"
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 7724 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (Enables municipalities to create tourism improvement districts to increase economic activity in the tourism industry.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7724** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7724.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **51–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2022)
- **2022-03-17** 03/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Senate passed 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/0a766f41-f396-41ef-a1ef-0bd09ef06905`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).