---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF YOUTH CAMPS"
description: "Establishes the procedures and requirements for the licensing of youth camps."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7154"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7154 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Craven", "O'Brien", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29b1ee5d-6f4a-45b9-9184-afec9bb7b6ae"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3f364af55da8fe4cf187c3af5b8ae3aa8acf22b02703bea13aabd6c2f6a1301d"
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 7154 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF YOUTH CAMPS

Establishes the procedures and requirements for the licensing of youth camps.

## Version chain

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

1. **7154 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7154A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** 01/11/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2024)
- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/29b1ee5d-6f4a-45b9-9184-afec9bb7b6ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).