---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Amends and updates the qualifications for state and local building inspectors and officials aligning state law with federal law and also makes several technical corrections.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Amends and updates the qualifications for state and local building inspectors and officials aligning state law with federal law and also makes several technical corrections.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7833"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7833 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hull"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-04"
last_action: "2022-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/712bb1ef-7449-4fcf-9145-529091e9dd4c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "612bca6fcfc58c2f8e02b6953f3930261fc56c3d282d190943624c0ff3a02dd4"
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 7833 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Amends and updates the qualifications for state and local building inspectors and officials aligning state law with federal law and also makes several technical corrections.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7833** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7833.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hull — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2022)
- **2022-03-15** 03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2022)
- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 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/712bb1ef-7449-4fcf-9145-529091e9dd4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).