---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Requires the RI department of human services to develop a plan to streamline the application, certification and recertification process for SNAP beneficiaries aged sixty years and over.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Requires the RI department of human services to develop a plan to streamline the application, certification and recertification process for SNAP beneficiaries aged sixty years and over.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7068"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7068 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Bennett", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Ruggiero", "Shallcross Smith", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb1c2650-450b-4be5-982e-15eabe20b378"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "efc18d64117079cb5efb415b9f532acfb8e64b56ef672bdb1e02669cbb77cf10"
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 7068 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Requires the RI department of human services to develop a plan to streamline the application, certification and recertification process for SNAP beneficiaries aged sixty years and over.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7068** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7068.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** 01/12/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2022)
- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/fb1c2650-450b-4be5-982e-15eabe20b378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).