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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5445"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5445 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy", "Environment", "Gas", "Recycling", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Blazejewski", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee", "Ruggiero", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 13
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3c5c675-4e01-487d-ac73-5306ea1e46d6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c50c1f5942e2b2e1b89b2cdc00363de7bc1a10882fa47a2c7ff09cb01a4c921f"
+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 5445 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5445 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5445A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **10–58** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **16–50** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **11–54** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–58** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **15–54** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **53–22** (pass) · lower
+- RULING OF THE CHAIR — **56–9** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–57** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–53** (fail) · lower
+- RULING OF THE CHAIR — **59–9** (pass) · lower
+- MOVE THE QUESTION — **58–9** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–56** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–55** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2021)
+- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2021)
+- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2021)
+- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2021)
+- **2021-03-31** 03/31/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** 03/31/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/06/2021)
+- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** 04/10/2021 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/c3c5c675-4e01-487d-ac73-5306ea1e46d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+