---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TAXICABS AND LIMITED PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES"
description: "Amends requirements regarding how taxicabs can be placed into service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7510"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7510 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Batista", "Biah", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Fellela", "Fenton-Fung", "Lima", "Morales", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0553baa-a4ab-4c7f-ac8a-e821830700da"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "acee4eb94367f7b9dd7911a0dc980a628441307d31073716b023ffdd6cfc2fea"
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 7510 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TAXICABS AND LIMITED PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES

Amends requirements regarding how taxicabs can be placed into service.

## Version chain

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

1. **7510 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7510Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **66–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** 02/07/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2024)
- **2024-02-14** 02/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/f0553baa-a4ab-4c7f-ac8a-e821830700da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).