---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"
description: "Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7246"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7246 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Bennett", "Boylan", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Shanley", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e73c6b10-2c12-47e1-8209-ca4184a5d969"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9b5608b51a39a1b44b3b947c1b569c6b83e69e2085734513d685cd1108ba2c9b"
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 7246 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Adds climate change, sea-level rise and coastal resiliency to the analysis of data of the strategic plan for economic development policy.

## Version chain

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

1. **7246 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7246A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **57–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2024)
- **2024-02-06** 02/06/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 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/e73c6b10-2c12-47e1-8209-ca4184a5d969`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).