---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Amends the composition, size, and requirements of memberships on the Coastal Resources Management Council.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Amends the composition, size, and requirements of memberships on the Coastal Resources Management Council.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8319"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8319 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Waters and Navigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marshall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-06-14"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26646e5d-b1a5-485d-b8ec-af0240f1a4b0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fbd989ad0b5dc3e80fe75a9c34efd4a7b1826b953fee87e48d21b6d1c0116c71"
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 8319 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Amends the composition, size, and requirements of memberships on the Coastal Resources Management Council.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8319 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8319A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marshall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/26646e5d-b1a5-485d-b8ec-af0240f1a4b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).