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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS (Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS (Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 8327"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8327 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "McGaw", "Noret", "Ruggiero", "Shallcross Smith", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-06-08"
+last_action: "2022-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7113ffe3-7677-4ae5-ad94-a729e9cd816e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ea70d034a05d8bb738f50d69c484cb85dc935be3ed6e15254e15abfbb7ee746c"
+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 8327 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS (Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8327.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2022)
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/7113ffe3-7677-4ae5-ad94-a729e9cd816e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+