---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Requires initial, biennial, and continuing education in land use law and planning for local planning and zoning board members and members of historic district commissions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Requires initial, biennial, and continuing education in land use law and planning for local planning and zoning board members and members of historic district commissions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7023"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7023 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/829a3b49-ff2f-417b-8291-bfd5427fb5df"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ac1414f1878b9e5e1b119a8c2ee353e169e99f5b5653a8488558460e2e1869bf"
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 7023 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Requires initial, biennial, and continuing education in land use law and planning for local planning and zoning board members and members of historic district commissions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7023 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7023B.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **52–9** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **58–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** 01/10/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** 01/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/25/2022)
- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-02-04** 02/04/2022 Scheduled for consideration (02/10/2022)
- **2022-02-09** 02/09/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-02-10** 02/10/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Placed on House Calendar (02/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** 02/17/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-13** 06/13/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-25** 06/25/2022 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/829a3b49-ff2f-417b-8291-bfd5427fb5df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).