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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE"
description: "Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 722"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 722 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "McKenney", "Murray", "Quezada", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db083ff3-e28a-4c4c-980f-e83ff85f4377"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0efaa188feaa3e8a8b6c7317d1d40d51a1f455035228d73f43c3158d1bad408a"
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 SB 722 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
Prohibits the restriction of access in and out of a construction site by using locked gates or fences while work is ongoing.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **722 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0722A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **720** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/db083ff3-e28a-4c4c-980f-e83ff85f4377`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).