---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5175"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5175 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor", "Medical Marijuana", "State Affairs", "Budget"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 46
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/477841b9-8e5a-47e4-85d2-9f4f2e6afe24"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c1c95a8494553bfd57c5f6be7189eca8b8e11b638a60bf05e18602a2fed0cc90"
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 5175 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2018

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5175 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5175Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **65–10** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **66–8** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–3** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **9–64** (fail) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **55–20** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **12–62** (fail) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **63–11** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **11–64** (fail) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **59–14** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **64–11** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **12–63** (fail) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–1** (pass) · legislature
- RECONSIDERATION — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **63–12** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–62** (fail) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **12–60** (fail) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **63–11** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **64–11** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **64–11** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **14–58** (fail) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **22–53** (fail) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **58–16** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **59–15** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **62–13** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-19** 01/19/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2017)
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-08-01** 08/01/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (08/03/2017)
- **2017-08-03** 08/03/2017 Senate voted to reconsider
- **2017-08-03** 08/03/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-08-03** 08/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-03** 08/03/2017 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/477841b9-8e5a-47e4-85d2-9f4f2e6afe24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).