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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Authorizes the Johnston town council to appoint two (2) alternate members to the Johnston planning board.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Authorizes the Johnston town council to appoint two (2) alternate members to the Johnston planning board.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5304"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5304 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Fellela", "Mendez", "Ucci"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-06"
+last_action: "2019-07-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e70527e4-caed-4110-b94f-c48ec8cb45f7"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "a52ae169890af2c9241fa52cfadbcfe29f524b5d9299426d6187d084e3d62afd"
+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 5304 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Authorizes the Johnston town council to appoint two (2) alternate members to the Johnston planning board.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5304 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5304Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Mendez — primary (person)
+- Ucci — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-06** 02/06/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2019)
+- **2019-02-28** 02/28/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-13** 05/13/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2019)
+- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2019)
+- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-03** 06/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/e70527e4-caed-4110-b94f-c48ec8cb45f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+