republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2022/hb-7940.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMERCE (Provides that the deputy secretary of commerce and housing become the secretary of housing and retains all the powers and duties of the deputy secretary of commerce and housing.)	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMERCE (Provides that the deputy secretary of commerce and housing become the secretary of housing and retains all the powers and duties of the deputy secretary of commerce and housing.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2022	HB 7940	Rhode Island HB 7940 (2022)	bill		enacted	Alzate Casimiro Cortvriend Fogarty Hull Knight Potter Shekarchi Speakman Williams	1	15	2	2022-03-07	2022-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/f3c032a6-2e81-4097-a134-37db5c1c237d	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	3674d2f91773b76599d71d33b55b8e204b2f072f2150acbe70f084e60fccc562	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7940 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMERCE (Provides that the deputy secretary of commerce and housing become the secretary of housing and retains all the powers and duties of the deputy secretary of commerce and housing.)

Version chain

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

1. 7940 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 59–0 (pass) · lower
• AS AMENDED — 55–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alzate — primary (person)
• Casimiro — primary (person)
• Cortvriend — primary (person)
• Fogarty — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• Knight — primary (person)
• Potter — primary (person)
• Shekarchi — primary (person)
• Speakman — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-07 03/07/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2022)
• 2022-03-31 03/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2022-05-17 05/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
• 2022-05-18 05/18/2022 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2022-05-19 05/19/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-20 05/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/26/2022) reading-3
• 2022-05-26 05/26/2022 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2022-06-10 06/10/2022 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government referral-committee
• 2022-06-10 06/10/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2022)
• 2022-06-14 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-23 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-24 06/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
• 2022-06-24 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-06-30 06/30/2022 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3c032a6-2e81-4097-a134-37db5c1c237d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).