---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Provides penalties for owners of structures who interfere with inspections by electrical investigators.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Provides penalties for owners of structures who interfere with inspections by electrical investigators.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8148"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8148 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Corvese", "Costantino", "Edwards", "Kennedy", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-04-14"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/113c07ba-beeb-4299-bbd7-b429f8c08589"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3a959690c7a52a0f07d5157ceb6edcc0cd90931781836b8deb8ddebd9644abbf"
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 8148 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS (Provides penalties for owners of structures who interfere with inspections by electrical investigators.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8148 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8148A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-14** 04/14/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2022)
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/113c07ba-beeb-4299-bbd7-b429f8c08589`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).