---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION"
description: "Requires the department of administration to publish a report to the speaker of the house, president of the senate, and secretary of housing evaluating the cost to establish and maintain a statewide geographic information system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7985"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7985 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "McEntee", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8d36db3-f2c5-4bd4-add9-bc78a1fb6610"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "676f085e26d0d17765d39c093b79ae357f4ee84a344b2246c0ce8e57f74933c0"
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 7985 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

Requires the department of administration to publish a report to the speaker of the house, president of the senate, and secretary of housing evaluating the cost to establish and maintain a statewide geographic information system.

## Version chain

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

1. **7985 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7985A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 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`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2024)
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A 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/a8d36db3-f2c5-4bd4-add9-bc78a1fb6610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).