---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 -- NEW SHOREHAM AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELIGIBILITY (Increases the percentage of area median income from one hundred twenty percent (120%) to one hundred forty percent (140%) only for New Shoreham residents to make more households eligible for affordable housing.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 -- NEW SHOREHAM AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELIGIBILITY (Increases the percentage of area median income from one hundred twenty percent (120%) to one hundred forty percent (140%) only for New Shoreham residents to make more households eligible for affordable housing.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7723"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7723 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Filippi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f9db146-4d30-4195-94e7-39e6be12e31d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0c89e26701c6f4eb942c0b2c343077389224330199075702eda1742b8d2fa05d"
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 7723 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998 -- NEW SHOREHAM AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELIGIBILITY (Increases the percentage of area median income from one hundred twenty percent (120%) to one hundred forty percent (140%) only for New Shoreham residents to make more households eligible for affordable housing.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7723 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7723A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Filippi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2022-03-14** 03/14/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/17/2022)
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2022)
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2022)
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/7f9db146-4d30-4195-94e7-39e6be12e31d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).