---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (Provides the standards for reviewing applications for plans or work for the extension of supply or distribution mains or pipes. It also adds an appeal of a denial by a public water supply facility pursuant to the administrative procedures act § 42-35-15.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (Provides the standards for reviewing applications for plans or work for the extension of supply or distribution mains or pipes. It also adds an appeal of a denial by a public water supply facility pursuant to the administrative procedures act § 42-35-15.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7782"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7782 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c71e2fb-ef88-4b68-80d4-299ba98d78aa"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f49d4607a4a7dfc78a7ca4e296d3c6c4ada87bc880f192571e2fce1df0a55ffb"
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 7782 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (Provides the standards for reviewing applications for plans or work for the extension of supply or distribution mains or pipes. It also adds an appeal of a denial by a public water supply facility pursuant to the administrative procedures act § 42-35-15.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7782** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7782.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **58–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/26/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/4c71e2fb-ef88-4b68-80d4-299ba98d78aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).