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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past conviction of a crime should disqualify the applicant from receiving an occupational license, permit, certificate, or registration issued by the state.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past conviction of a crime should disqualify the applicant from receiving an occupational license, permit, certificate, or registration issued by the state.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 7947"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7947 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Labor", "Licenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Craven", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Slater"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-27"
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last_action: "2020-07-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/733e9e01-b48b-4562-a072-b28a8b32eb92"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "b650b88bd235956b73329c6d9e836142a38d4718a7ce8ea5ff4b9b17d4df9637"
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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 7947 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -- LICENSING (Creates a new process with standards to be utilized when deciding whether an applicant's past conviction of a crime should disqualify the applicant from receiving an occupational license, permit, certificate, or registration issued by the state.)
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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. **7947 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7947A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blazejewski — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-27** 02/27/2020 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-02** 07/02/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/07/2020)
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- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
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- **2020-07-07** 07/07/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/16/2020)
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 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/733e9e01-b48b-4562-a072-b28a8b32eb92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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