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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY (Creates a forest conservation commission, to be coordinated with the department of environmental management, to seek new funding and identify incentives for landowners to maintain their land as forest.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY (Creates a forest conservation commission, to be coordinated with the department of environmental management, to seek new funding and identify incentives for landowners to maintain their land as forest.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5760"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5760 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Commissions", "Environment", "Land/Landfills", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Handy", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-07-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a78ed143-bdcb-46d0-a40d-e6dfe5902a29"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "74dc5bbb73dca10d205dc1c01aa8f6227bde772e0c1506be121a6ff84b4d676c"
+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 5760 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY (Creates a forest conservation commission, to be coordinated with the department of environmental management, to seek new funding and identify incentives for landowners to maintain their land as forest.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5760 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5760A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2021-03-10** 03/10/2021 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/11/2021)
+- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2021)
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2021)
+- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 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/a78ed143-bdcb-46d0-a40d-e6dfe5902a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+