republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2024/hb-7537.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COUNCIL	Amends the composition of the small business advisory council.	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2024	HB 7537	Rhode Island HB 7537 (2024)	bill		enacted	Hull Slater Voas	1	23	2	2024-02-07	2024-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/1c106eaf-e629-47f3-b25a-7767633b70fb	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	4e1a8ff6883f358bca9d57eb90f016a090fa40cb812fa2489e9a948986f680a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7537 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COUNCIL

Amends the composition of the small business advisory council.

Version chain

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

1. 7537 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 60–1 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 71–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hull — primary (person)
• Slater — primary (person)
• Voas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-07 02/07/2024 Introduced, referred to House Small Business introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-08 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2024-03-12 03/12/2024 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/14/2024)
• 2024-03-29 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
• 2024-04-04 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2024-04-18 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/23/2024)
• 2024-04-23 04/23/2024 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-26 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2024) reading-3
• 2024-04-30 04/30/2024 House read and passed passage
• 2024-05-13 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-05-31 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration
• 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 Meeting postponed (06/04/2024)
• 2024-06-03 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 Meeting postponed (06/04/2024)
• 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
• 2024-06-05 06/05/2024 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2024-06-06 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-06 06/06/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) reading-3
• 2024-06-11 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2024-06-13 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) reading-3
• 2024-06-14 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2024-06-20 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-06-25 06/25/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c106eaf-e629-47f3-b25a-7767633b70fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).