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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION"
+description: "Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5794"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5794 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Noret", "Solomon", "Speakman", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3b19899-9bd1-4ce1-a617-dee24884ef1f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f24f04b7b86f6f470648d451b262f4b1e20c9fe3ccd392f99bfeade0950c0ba3"
+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 5794 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION
+
+Provides technical amendments to the chapters on subdivision of land and zoning ordinances for towns and cities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5794 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5794Baa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **56–8** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **60–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/08/2025)
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/01/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 House passed Sub B 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/d3b19899-9bd1-4ce1-a617-dee24884ef1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+