---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - SHELLFISH GROUNDS (Ensures compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - SHELLFISH GROUNDS (Ensures compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7794"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7794 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Environmental Management", "Fish & Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Handy", "Knight", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8ccd403-1ff3-4ed8-b01a-232615ccce57"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "69faf05cecbe3eb862d16e556a4f460ae6d83434dc96b5a2f3a714e74afcba4f"
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 7794 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - SHELLFISH GROUNDS (Ensures compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7794.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2018)
- **2018-03-15** 03/15/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 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/d8ccd403-1ff3-4ed8-b01a-232615ccce57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).