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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and amends the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and amends the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5187"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5187 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Attorney", "Civil Procedure", "Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Blazejewski", "Keable", "Maldonado", "McKiernan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-25"
+last_action: "2017-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee694fe4-d699-496a-ba25-a4af7bf5209f"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "827d46cb68a1a0e7e2c643d65da642c781a2b752add53c0b14dcb20250af5721"
+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 5187 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and amends the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5187 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5187aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
+- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barros — primary (person)
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Keable — primary (person)
+- Maldonado — primary (person)
+- McKiernan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-25** 01/25/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-02-10** 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2017)
+- **2017-02-14** 02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-05-08** 05/08/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2017)
+- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2017)
+- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2017)
+- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 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/ee694fe4-d699-496a-ba25-a4af7bf5209f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+