---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CITY HOUSING AUTHORITIES"
description: "Allows RIHMFC and related organization to administer allocations of funds for low-income housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7534"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7534 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Cruz", "Potter", "Speakman", "Tanzi", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d00966da-7b72-4f1e-a314-8bbf9a3a2727"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8583fafb64e2e2d7a2ce0c09aa0adf5c16a520c42b0210005be84d71b69d95f7"
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 7534 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- CITY HOUSING AUTHORITIES

Allows RIHMFC and related organization to administer allocations of funds for low-income housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **7534** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7534.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** 02/07/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/d00966da-7b72-4f1e-a314-8bbf9a3a2727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).