---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Establishes the \"Small Cell Siting Act\", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Establishes the \"Small Cell Siting Act\", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5224"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5224 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty", "McKiernan", "Ucci", "Winfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24efc0de-b187-4f40-b608-d5f13edf2dd1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "825f800425b0e7741c740e8b9f58618073a63615d44b77f565b796060f13556e"
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 5224 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Establishes the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5224 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5224Baa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **65–4** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **61–11** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McKiernan — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)
- Winfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** 01/26/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-10** 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-02-13** 02/13/2017 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/14/2017)
- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2017)
- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate voted to reconsider
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/15/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub B as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/24efc0de-b187-4f40-b608-d5f13edf2dd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).