---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION"
description: "Creates a new class of retirement status license for retirees that had possessed a professional license issued by the department of labor and training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7146"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7146 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Brien", "Corvese", "Edwards", "Fellela"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/988f1b18-7ba0-4495-b0b5-3b48fa242f27"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1902fdcb733654f5b42f889a927ae039d2a9e305c4b8a982d7b20a0a207bbfd7"
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 7146 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Creates a new class of retirement status license for retirees that had possessed a professional license issued by the department of labor and training.

## Version chain

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

1. **7146 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7146aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2026)
- **2026-02-05** 02/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/988f1b18-7ba0-4495-b0b5-3b48fa242f27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).