---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ROBERTS AND ROCHA, INC."
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ROBERTS AND ROCHA, INC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7972"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7972 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-11"
last_action: "2022-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48ce8d6b-e900-4fc1-8161-accd117a089c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "49c97e8bd9dbc5a36bb2ac585f84f4970a9b5189eb4c22207b97324892f8c200"
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 7972 (2022) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ROBERTS AND ROCHA, INC.

## Version chain

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

1. **7972** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7972.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fogarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/03/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48ce8d6b-e900-4fc1-8161-accd117a089c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).