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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Directs the RI housing corporation to maintain accurate records and prepare semi-annual status reports (\"reports\") to the general assembly, the housing resources commission, and the secretary of commerce for housing, on Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Directs the RI housing corporation to maintain accurate records and prepare semi-annual status reports (\"reports\") to the general assembly, the housing resources commission, and the secretary of commerce for housing, on Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7946"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7946 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Cardillo", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Costantino", "Noret"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-07"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3066297-d2d7-4b3c-bd60-cf520f41512c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1cfd6bac4ce85828861dc283357364f261bf210739ad1c1db7dbf77df8f5e53f"
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 HB 7946 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Directs the RI housing corporation to maintain accurate records and prepare semi-annual status reports ("reports") to the general assembly, the housing resources commission, and the secretary of commerce for housing, on Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7946 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7946A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **660** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Noret — 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`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/05/2022)
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/11/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 House passed Sub A `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 recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A 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 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3066297-d2d7-4b3c-bd60-cf520f41512c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).