---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL (Provides certain parties may not enter onto property where a fire occurred for solicitation or inspection of a fire loss, without the permission of the owner or occupant, until the property is released to the owners or occupants.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL (Provides certain parties may not enter onto property where a fire occurred for solicitation or inspection of a fire loss, without the permission of the owner or occupant, until the property is released to the owners or occupants.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7976"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7976 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Chippendale", "Kennedy", "Noret"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-11"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6348068c-9144-426f-9893-9df36be1d0a6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2b58f6bd5c19742129f21fa88248e8829e950cca1d7b00d77b22b96fd271d6d8"
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 7976 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL (Provides certain parties may not enter onto property where a fire occurred for solicitation or inspection of a fire loss, without the permission of the owner or occupant, until the property is released to the owners or occupants.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7976** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7976.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2022)
- **2022-04-06** 04/06/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/6348068c-9144-426f-9893-9df36be1d0a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).