---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Provides for a voluntary deduction from any refund from the Rhode Island personal income tax for a contribution to the substance use and mental health leadership council of RI.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Provides for a voluntary deduction from any refund from the Rhode Island personal income tax for a contribution to the substance use and mental health leadership council of RI.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7062"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7062 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Lombardi", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77d74ce5-edbc-4901-8a00-b25efbfa20e3"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0db659d49d65f6ae0ab7f44588a9d21865506027d9fd1d12addcac48a3f70f47"
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 7062 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Provides for a voluntary deduction from any refund from the Rhode Island personal income tax for a contribution to the substance use and mental health leadership council of RI.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7062** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7062.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** 01/03/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/77d74ce5-edbc-4901-8a00-b25efbfa20e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).