---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES & CARRIERS - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Authorizes RIPTA to provide an open-door service to all passengers to and from Rhode Island to locations within five (5) miles of the Rhode Island boarder into Massachusetts and Connecticut.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES & CARRIERS - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Authorizes RIPTA to provide an open-door service to all passengers to and from Rhode Island to locations within five (5) miles of the Rhode Island boarder into Massachusetts and Connecticut.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5837"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5837 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation", "Public Utilities", "Buses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Barros", "Kazarian", "Regunberg", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5225e7ce-d507-4274-ad4f-499fb0b3c93d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "264a5d7db2efe1779e0b91d2ae90f238e1876cdd10088a7bbc166b44e6d5fa18"
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 5837 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES & CARRIERS - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Authorizes RIPTA to provide an open-door service to all passengers to and from Rhode Island to locations within five (5) miles of the Rhode Island boarder into Massachusetts and Connecticut.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5837** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5837.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Barros — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 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
- **2017-06-12** 06/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/5225e7ce-d507-4274-ad4f-499fb0b3c93d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).