---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT (Removes the ban that prohibited members of the state labor relations board from holding public office.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT (Removes the ban that prohibited members of the state labor relations board from holding public office.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7902"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7902 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Barros", "Bennett", "Casey", "Cassar", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McGaw", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-04"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fad68979-d2d3-4beb-982b-29112f911f62"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "38fff7a1eec90a945036209550e2555dd0bc2fd241e367b11ec0ceaecd5b24ba"
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 7902 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT (Removes the ban that prohibited members of the state labor relations board from holding public office.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7902** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7902.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **51–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Barros — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Cassar — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2022)
- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2022)
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/fad68979-d2d3-4beb-982b-29112f911f62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).