---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COUNCIL"
description: "Amends the composition of the small business advisory council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7537"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7537 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hull", "Slater", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c106eaf-e629-47f3-b25a-7767633b70fb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4e1a8ff6883f358bca9d57eb90f016a090fa40cb812fa2489e9a948986f680a4"
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 7537 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COUNCIL

Amends the composition of the small business advisory council.

## Version chain

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

1. **7537 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7537A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hull — primary (person)
- Slater — 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 Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/14/2024)
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/23/2024)
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Meeting postponed (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Meeting postponed (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 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/1c106eaf-e629-47f3-b25a-7767633b70fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).