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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Allows the twenty-one coastal communities to adopt the CRMC's coastal hazard application process applicable to local overlay districts for applicants seeking local building permits.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Allows the twenty-one coastal communities to adopt the CRMC's coastal hazard application process applicable to local overlay districts for applicants seeking local building permits.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 473"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 473 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Building Code", "Cities & Towns", "Construction", "Land/Landfills", "Water"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Calkin", "Coyne", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Kallman", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-04"
+last_action: "2021-07-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fb50f89-355d-4365-a708-2d83cd91a38e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5f897149852e94eb4b78253850ad908ae28fe68661fc37c0d82504ae75afc0b5"
+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 SB 473 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Allows the twenty-one coastal communities to adopt the CRMC's coastal hazard application process applicable to local overlay districts for applicants seeking local building permits.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **473 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0473aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **66–0** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Calkin — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2021)
+- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
+- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
+- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed as amended 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/5fb50f89-355d-4365-a708-2d83cd91a38e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+