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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Expands the \"Green Buildings Act\" to include public projects and updates the standards to include LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Expands the \"Green Buildings Act\" to include public projects and updates the standards to include LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5427"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5427 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Property", "Cities & Towns", "Environment"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Edwards", "Marshall", "Marszalkowski", "Walsh"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-08"
+last_action: "2017-10-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f94cea2-0513-445a-8d73-ba9fa44ecead"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "6e140ad5979650ff19f2868958d8093fc59c0a78d184086445a24c39939f780d"
+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 5427 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS - THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Expands the "Green Buildings Act" to include public projects and updates the standards to include LEED for Neighborhood Development, and SITES.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5427 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5427A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–2** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Marshall — primary (person)
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+- Walsh — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-08** 02/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2017)
+- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2017)
+- **2017-09-08** 09/08/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (09/14/2017)
+- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/4f94cea2-0513-445a-8d73-ba9fa44ecead`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+