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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LOBSTERS AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS"
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description: "Amends the current law to allow for the harvesting of blue crabs during the hours of darkness."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7440"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7440 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Boylan", "Carson", "Chippendale", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Edwards", "Handy", "Knight", "McGaw"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-02-02"
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last_action: "2024-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1285cb4e-0b0b-4f42-bb61-ccbc9e82b783"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "9fca6fde2d31ad94247b69ac87c154dd95da113b8c16c1e0c3662864d0f6190a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 7440 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LOBSTERS AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS
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Amends the current law to allow for the harvesting of blue crabs during the hours of darkness.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **7440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7440.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Chippendale — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Cotter — primary (person)
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Knight — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/29/2024)
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- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/21/2024)
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- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/26/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1285cb4e-0b0b-4f42-bb61-ccbc9e82b783`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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