---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RELOCATION OF UTILITY SERVICES (Amends the formula used to reimburse a utility facility or company for the cost of relocation necessitated by highway construction.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RELOCATION OF UTILITY SERVICES (Amends the formula used to reimburse a utility facility or company for the cost of relocation necessitated by highway construction.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7604"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7604 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Amore", "Barros", "Felix", "Fenton-Fung", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "Potter", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6159b4f1-8b5b-42be-92ee-5435fa19a986"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "393c5b1535981e2a1b222f95741ab9bc062acd5e9068114e9cb47e915ec34492"
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 7604 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RELOCATION OF UTILITY SERVICES (Amends the formula used to reimburse a utility facility or company for the cost of relocation necessitated by highway construction.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7604** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7604.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Amore — primary (person)
- Barros — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2022)
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/6159b4f1-8b5b-42be-92ee-5435fa19a986`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).