---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT-- BUS PASSES (Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT-- BUS PASSES (Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5241"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5241 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Seniors", "Public Utilities", "Handicapped", "Buses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Morin", "O'Brien", "Ruggiero", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70a16832-cdf1-4ee1-896a-ea37dc0ecb63"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b3c78fc32b22199aa03fe29d16d2d7926e9f421feb2f5861ce6404f10197201c"
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 5241 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT-- BUS PASSES (Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5241 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5241A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** 01/26/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2017)
- **2017-05-09** 05/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 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 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/70a16832-cdf1-4ee1-896a-ea37dc0ecb63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).