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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RESIDENCY (Prohibits municipal charters and ordinances from requiring that their police officers and firefighters reside within the state of Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RESIDENCY (Prohibits municipal charters and ordinances from requiring that their police officers and firefighters reside within the state of Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5351"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5351 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Police & Fire", "Municipal Employees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Canario", "Marshall"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-02"
+last_action: "2017-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8409ae7f-3ae7-43e1-b734-cfa6157caf18"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "b8b6bcc9aa4e3bb3e230cd4727c080f642e725f441415fca77873afd3afc0e00"
+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 5351 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RESIDENCY (Prohibits municipal charters and ordinances from requiring that their police officers and firefighters reside within the state of Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5351.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–10** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Canario — primary (person)
+- Marshall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-02-24** 02/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2017)
+- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for consideration (03/16/2017)
+- **2017-03-16** 03/16/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2017)
+- **2017-03-23** 03/23/2017 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/8409ae7f-3ae7-43e1-b734-cfa6157caf18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+