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IntroducedJan 21, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 28, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Rhode Island House Bill
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FACILITATING BUSINESS RAPID RESPONSE TO STATE DECLARED DISASTER ACT OF 2024 (Incorporates broadband, internet, and wireless means into the crime of injuring electric and communication lines and authorizes municipalities to grant zoning relief for the protection of critical infrastructure.)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 01, 2026: 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 7173
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 68
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Batista
- Bennett
- Biah
- Blazejewski
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Chippendale
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- Dawson
- DeSimone
- Donovan
- Edwards
- Fascia
- Felix
- Fellela
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Hopkins
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Nardone
- Newberry
- Noret
- O'Brien
- Perez
- Phillips
- Place
- Potter
- Read
- Roberts
- Sanchez
- Santucci
- Serpa
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Voas
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 7
YES: 69
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Batista
- Bennett
- Biah
- Blazejewski
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Chippendale
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- Dawson
- DeSimone
- Donovan
- Edwards
- Fascia
- Felix
- Fellela
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Hopkins
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Nardone
- Newberry
- Noret
- O'Brien
- Perez
- Phillips
- Place
- Potter
- Read
- Roberts
- Sanchez
- Santucci
- Serpa
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Voas
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 6
Actions
- May 01, 2026 | Senate
- 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
- Apr 28, 2026 | House
- 04/28/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment)
- Apr 24, 2026 | House
- 04/24/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2026)
- Apr 07, 2026 | House
- 04/07/2026 Committee recommends passage
- Apr 03, 2026 | House
- 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2026)
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- 02/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Jan 30, 2026 | House
- 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2026)
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- 01/21/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
Bill Texts
Documents
- 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2026)
- 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2026)
- 04/24/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2026)
- House Corporations: 02-03-2026--H7173--Angel_Lopez--corPDF
- House Corporations: 02-03-2026--H7173--Jeremy_Crandall(CTIA)--corPDF
- House Corporations: 02-03-2026--H7173--Nicholas_Ucci(Rhode Island Energy)--corPDF
- House Corporations: 02-03-2026--H7173--Timothy_Wilkerson(NECTA)--corPDF



