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RI HB 7496

died on adjournment

AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- JOINT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did RI HB 7496 pass?

No. RI HB 7496 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-27): 03/27/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government

What is RI HB 7496 about?

Adds a representative of an aging adult organization and a member of a statewide disability advocacy organization who is sixty (60) years of age or older to the state planning council.

Who sponsors RI HB 7496?

Carson is the primary sponsor of RI HB 7496.

Description

Adds a representative of an aging adult organization and a member of a statewide disability advocacy organization who is sixty (60) years of age or older to the state planning council.

Introduced
2026-02-04
Latest action
2026-03-27 — 03/27/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Carsonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-27

    03/27/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-24

    03/24/2026 House passed Sub A

    passage

  3. 2026-03-20

    03/20/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/24/2026)

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  4. 2026-03-19

    03/19/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-03-13

    03/13/2026 Proposed Substitute

    substitution

  6. 2026-03-13

    03/13/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/19/2026)

  7. 2026-03-09

    03/09/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/10/2026)

  8. 2026-03-06

    03/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration

  9. 2026-02-10

    02/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

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  10. 2026-02-06

    02/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/10/2026)

  11. 2026-02-04

    02/04/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • PASSAGE

    2026-03-24 · pass · 67-2

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: other
    • Azzinaro: yes
    • Baginski: yes
    • Batista: other
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: yes
    • Blazejewski: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: yes
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Carson: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: yes
    • Chippendale: no
    • Cortvriend: yes
    • Corvese: yes
    • Costantino: yes
    • Cotter: yes
    • Craven: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: no
    • Felix: yes
    • Fellela: yes
    • Finkelman: yes
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Kazarian: yes
    • Kennedy: other
    • Kislak: yes
    • Knight: yes
    • Lima: yes
    • Lombardi: yes
    • Marszalkowski: yes
    • McEntee: yes
    • McGaw: yes
    • McNamara: yes
    • Messier: yes
    • Morales: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Nardone: yes
    • Newberry: yes
    • Noret: yes
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: yes
    • Perez: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Place: yes
    • Potter: yes
    • Quattrocchi: yes
    • Read: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Santucci: yes
    • Serpa: other
    • ShallcrossSmith: yes
    • Shanley: other
    • Slater: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Speakman: yes
    • Spears: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Tanzi: yes
    • Voas: other

Related bills

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