---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND SAILING EVENTS COMMISSION (Creates the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission in order to attract amateur and professional marine events in Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND SAILING EVENTS COMMISSION (Creates the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission in order to attract amateur and professional marine events in Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5478"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5478 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boats", "Commissions", "Resolutions", "Waters and Navigation", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Diaz", "Kennedy", "Marshall", "McNamara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b57256db-84ac-4f48-a0c6-bc9e63d6b47f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0c6b89fe19bf9593e88d4cd90db582c9a838d29610dc1399388b78da1c4684e5"
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 5478 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND SAILING EVENTS COMMISSION (Creates the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission in order to attract amateur and professional marine events in Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5478 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5478A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2017)
- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/b57256db-84ac-4f48-a0c6-bc9e63d6b47f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).