republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2022/hb-7597.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.)	AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2022	HB 7597	Rhode Island HB 7597 (2022)	bill		enacted	Bennett C Lima Cardillo Hull J Lombardi McLaughlin McNamara Morales Williams	1	15	2	2022-03-02	2022-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/0e808b00-a9ee-4075-9694-05cd121a6dc0	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	1fc026fa2af31e08b4da891572f31e9846ab8ee32a06b7e571c7e18b09b6e596	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7597 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD (Revises the manner in which complaints against contractors are made, processed, investigated, and resolved in a more efficient and expeditious manner and makes various technical and grammatical corrections.)

Version chain

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

1. 7597 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AS AMENDED — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• C Lima — primary (person)
• Cardillo — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• J Lombardi — primary (person)
• McLaughlin — primary (person)
• McNamara — primary (person)
• Morales — primary (person)
• Williams — 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
• 2022-03-18 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2022)
• 2022-03-23 03/23/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2022-05-20 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2022)
• 2022-05-25 05/25/2022 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-27 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-02 06/02/2022 House voted to recommit to House Corporations
• 2022-06-15 06/15/2022 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/17/2022)
• 2022-06-17 06/17/2022 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-19 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-22 06/22/2022 House passed as amended (floor amendment) 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 as amended in concurrence passage
• 2022-06-24 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-06-28 06/28/2022 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e808b00-a9ee-4075-9694-05cd121a6dc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).