---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Provides penalties for owners of structures who interfere with inspections by electrical investigators.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Provides penalties for owners of structures who interfere with inspections by electrical investigators.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2979"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2979 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-19"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6523b7a7-1d75-4bf6-8494-eb8ff2a38637"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7419275a6ec7b2bb90607612f442ed54147358f053c9037e3b75b3486526abf4"
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 SB 2979 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Provides penalties for owners of structures who interfere with inspections by electrical investigators.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2979 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2979A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 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/6523b7a7-1d75-4bf6-8494-eb8ff2a38637`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).