---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS"
description: "Authorizes the town of Cumberland to require the registration of certain business entities not registered with the secretary of state that are situated in Cumberland."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7244"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7244 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Marszalkowski", "Phillips", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56cf9e6e-088b-4d90-bb38-a1f07455d254"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1312d7a7e978a2fefcdfe7a88e3c95905bf72aeb08e1dd7ca034e2c349e22f7e"
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 7244 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS

Authorizes the town of Cumberland to require the registration of certain business entities not registered with the secretary of state that are situated in Cumberland.

## Version chain

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

1. **7244 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7244A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2024)
- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for consideration
- **2024-02-06** 02/06/2024 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/08/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2024)
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/25/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 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/56cf9e6e-088b-4d90-bb38-a1f07455d254`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).