---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS"
description: "Extends the current provisions relative to certain rights of innkeepers and eliminates the sunsetting of such sections thereby preserving the law as it currently exists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7065"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7065 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Boylan", "Cortvriend", "DeSimone", "Edwards", "Finkelman", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "McNamara", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/982d7a99-c73d-4a9f-8dfd-4f340feece09"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b0f7dea1e8a7fd9e4427203debae1b3bd19543358a0f71862dbb4c00b28444f7"
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 7065 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS

Extends the current provisions relative to certain rights of innkeepers and eliminates the sunsetting of such sections thereby preserving the law as it currently exists.

## Version chain

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

1. **7065 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7065A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–5** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **45–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/18/2024)
- **2024-01-18** 01/18/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/982d7a99-c73d-4a9f-8dfd-4f340feece09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).