---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- BLACK REGIMENT MONUMENT COMMISSION (Establishes the Black Regiment Monument Commission to maintain the Black Regiment Monument located in Patriots Park in Portsmouth and its surrounding grounds/promotes the commemoration of the Black Regiment.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- BLACK REGIMENT MONUMENT COMMISSION (Establishes the Black Regiment Monument Commission to maintain the Black Regiment Monument located in Patriots Park in Portsmouth and its surrounding grounds/promotes the commemoration of the Black Regiment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7468"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7468 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Alzate", "Carson", "Cassar", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Felix", "McGaw", "Ruggiero", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b85fe16-4c79-48a7-9cd7-d4b9d82dd992"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4ec558a8710facc7c404a07fff1132628828984a1b0fc71fb834bf0b8b632b2e"
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 7468 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- BLACK REGIMENT MONUMENT COMMISSION (Establishes the Black Regiment Monument Commission to maintain the Black Regiment Monument located in Patriots Park in Portsmouth and its surrounding grounds/promotes the commemoration of the Black Regiment.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7468 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7468A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cassar — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** 02/24/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2022)
- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/05/2022)
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/05/2022)
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2022)
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/4b85fe16-4c79-48a7-9cd7-d4b9d82dd992`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).