---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS"
description: "Grants a right of entry for professional land surveyors to enter upon or cross any lands, air space or water resources necessary to perform surveying services except public utility and/or wastewater treatment facilities upon prior notice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7610"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7610 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Cortvriend", "Edwards", "McGaw", "Nardone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43b36a20-d3f8-4b06-9f40-b2d0bb6c8337"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4d0fa6baf253bf3602c29a18f0c2a1df41bde964cfbf9152b6cda3d10cc81299"
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 7610 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS

Grants a right of entry for professional land surveyors to enter upon or cross any lands, air space or water resources necessary to perform surveying services except public utility and/or wastewater treatment facilities upon prior notice.

## Version chain

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

1. **7610** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7610.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2024)
- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed 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/43b36a20-d3f8-4b06-9f40-b2d0bb6c8337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).