---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Provides that the Rhode Island housing resources commission would promulgate regulations for the selection and appointment of approved monitoring agents to oversee affordable housing units.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Provides that the Rhode Island housing resources commission would promulgate regulations for the selection and appointment of approved monitoring agents to oversee affordable housing units.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7950"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7950 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Shekarchi", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-07"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faf07a30-0c62-4b90-9c2c-9af0ee5125fd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b9b8bd1bd51448d86ffaf609bec1537a1a96289cc0a829ef565d18b0d86d8c65"
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 7950 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Provides that the Rhode Island housing resources commission would promulgate regulations for the selection and appointment of approved monitoring agents to oversee affordable housing units.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7950 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7950A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **58–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07** 03/07/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2022)
- **2022-03-31** 03/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2022)
- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 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 Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 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`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/faf07a30-0c62-4b90-9c2c-9af0ee5125fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).