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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ST. PETER'S-BY-THE-SEA, NARRAGANSETT, RHODE ISLAND"
+description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ST. PETER'S-BY-THE-SEA, NARRAGANSETT, RHODE ISLAND"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5257"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5257 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charter"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McEntee", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-31"
+last_action: "2019-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fbd92f0-59b3-4644-a969-ec5e35a37032"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "b847a46a96cee77b20e3f538e4eadc1440f96bd0abb8fbabd28dd4a923c2a871"
+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 5257 (2019) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ST. PETER'S-BY-THE-SEA, NARRAGANSETT, RHODE ISLAND
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5257.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-08** 02/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2019-02-12** 02/12/2019 Meeting postponed (02/12/2019)
+- **2019-02-12** 02/12/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2019)
+- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/12/2019)
+- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/19/2019)
+- **2019-03-19** 03/19/2019 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/09/2019)
+- **2019-04-09** 04/09/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-04-09** 04/09/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-17** 04/17/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fbd92f0-59b3-4644-a969-ec5e35a37032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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