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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING"
+description: "Authorizes the establishment of a Rhode Island housing champion designation program and makes qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5229"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5229 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Giraldo", "McGaw", "Potter", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-29"
+last_action: "2025-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83270f08-e3fa-4e62-ada2-d83ecb6b43f0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7fb339f41504739f40138f5318064a803c72289d7cd0ddb829672b6da2a1236e"
+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 5229 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
+
+Authorizes the establishment of a Rhode Island housing champion designation program and makes qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5229 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5229Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **61–7** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/83270f08-e3fa-4e62-ada2-d83ecb6b43f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+