---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- REBUILD RHODE ISLAND TAX CREDIT (Requires that all entities receiving tax credits from the state pay their workers the prevailing wage or other payments pursuant to § 37-13. This act would also allow the revocation of the tax credits for violation of this act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- REBUILD RHODE ISLAND TAX CREDIT (Requires that all entities receiving tax credits from the state pay their workers the prevailing wage or other payments pursuant to § 37-13. This act would also allow the revocation of the tax credits for violation of this act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7985"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7985 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Amore", "Bennett", "Diaz", "Henries", "J Lombardi", "Morales", "O'Brien", "Potter", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-16"
last_action: "2022-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4c4a60e-61d8-4e38-971c-2794bd80dbda"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dcc7323a9530a1e555255fc152c049d21dcc82f0e567107c2814d7a0bdc37824"
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 7985 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- REBUILD RHODE ISLAND TAX CREDIT (Requires that all entities receiving tax credits from the state pay their workers the prevailing wage or other payments pursuant to § 37-13. This act would also allow the revocation of the tax credits for violation of this act.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7985 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7985A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Amore — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- J Lombardi — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-16** 03/16/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2022)
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-02** 07/02/2022 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/b4c4a60e-61d8-4e38-971c-2794bd80dbda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).