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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH AND SAFETY (Updates and modernizes the department of environmental management’s ability to enforce environmental laws, and more specifically modifies practices regarding a notice of violation.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH AND SAFETY (Updates and modernizes the department of environmental management’s ability to enforce environmental laws, and more specifically modifies practices regarding a notice of violation.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 6173"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6173 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts", "Environment", "Health & Safety", "Waters and Navigation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Knight", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-26"
+last_action: "2021-07-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81522a80-bb4f-4ae9-bca6-f224dc9b825d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4ec08391d21590f85e8cb1a31ef3635610eca6bd1b4c8449eb9552d4aa076a3f"
+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 6173 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH AND SAFETY (Updates and modernizes the department of environmental management’s ability to enforce environmental laws, and more specifically modifies practices regarding a notice of violation.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6173 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6173A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2021)
+- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
+- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/81522a80-bb4f-4ae9-bca6-f224dc9b825d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+