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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES"
description: "Amends the refiling process for rules and regulations under the administrative procedures act by implementing a confirmation and attestation system to confirm agency rules and regulations are active and effective."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8297"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8297 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGaw", "Noret", "Read"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-03-13"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb3a0320-ee8c-463d-b579-1517562bb77d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c9986e2e16e1f9be0df1b2b99f0c75cbaae97c421d3c4666ba503d84771a6dfd"
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 8297 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
Amends the refiling process for rules and regulations under the administrative procedures act by implementing a confirmation and attestation system to confirm agency rules and regulations are active and effective.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **8297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8297.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **65–6** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2026)
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-30** 05/30/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-30** 05/30/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/fb3a0320-ee8c-463d-b579-1517562bb77d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).