---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2020"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2020"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5151"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5151 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget", "Governor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 29
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44aa1f75-c884-4546-ac60-5b9b507c853b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "eaf047da27475602ef44b8df1d701a4febf6cb0c50402066d8afc87c2f40ad2c"
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 5151 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2020

## Version chain

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

1. **5151 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5151Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–8** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **65–9** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **56–16** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **17–58** (fail) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **67–8** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **10–63** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **60–14** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **22–50** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **71–3** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **18–56** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **66–8** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **67–8** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **19–55** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **69–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **73–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **61–14** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **67–8** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **71–4** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **52–19** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **66–9** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **66–9** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **67–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** 01/17/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Scheduled for consideration
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Meeting postponed (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2019)
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2019)
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 House passed floor amendment only `passage`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2019)
- **2019-06-22** 06/22/2019 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-30** 06/30/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-05** 07/05/2019 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/44aa1f75-c884-4546-ac60-5b9b507c853b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).