---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Requires school lunch service contracts to provide for payment to school-lunch workers and aides for one hundred eight (180) days or the length of the contract for the school year, whichever is longer.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Requires school lunch service contracts to provide for payment to school-lunch workers and aides for one hundred eight (180) days or the length of the contract for the school year, whichever is longer.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7488"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7488 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Henries", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa50e178-9c52-4287-908b-443e1429dea8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "783010eb63c7e6bc8c7f7586be2ad86bef4d42070cfa8bd1304575cf0553e610"
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 7488 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID (Requires school lunch service contracts to provide for payment to school-lunch workers and aides for one hundred eight (180) days or the length of the contract for the school year, whichever is longer.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7488.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16** 02/16/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2022)
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Meeting postponed (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-04** 06/04/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Meeting postponed (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2022)
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/aa50e178-9c52-4287-908b-443e1429dea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).