---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS (Streamlines the application and examination process as well as the educational and experience standards for applicants seeking registration as professional land surveyors.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS (Streamlines the application and examination process as well as the educational and experience standards for applicants seeking registration as professional land surveyors.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7939"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7939 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Knight", "McEntee", "Nunes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-09"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaacc875-ee9b-4aac-8606-2dd38f50a4d8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d619764dc012ca5223cb7bb1da0136b9614283c1d98f091c21aca8905a4429f0"
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 7939 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS (Streamlines the application and examination process as well as the educational and experience standards for applicants seeking registration as professional land surveyors.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7939** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7939.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2018)
- **2018-05-01** 05/01/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 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/aaacc875-ee9b-4aac-8606-2dd38f50a4d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).