---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2021"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7171"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7171 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget", "Governor", "Marijuana"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8486010-6bbd-4fa3-b554-1de43e7a6e77"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "55cbb246c265b4911c5d907a1005af46f44425c75f9efee28711910691439b46"
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 7171 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2021

## Version chain

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

1. **7171 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7171A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **60–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **14–51** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **9–51** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **10–57** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **61–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **58–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** 01/16/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-12-07** 12/07/2020 Scheduled for consideration (12/09/2020)
- **2020-12-09** 12/09/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-12-09** 12/09/2020 Placed on House Calendar (12/16/2020)
- **2020-12-14** 12/14/2020 Scheduled to be heard and /or considered in anticipation of House passage (12/17/2020)
- **2020-12-16** 12/16/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-12-16** 12/16/2020 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-17** 12/17/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-12-17** 12/17/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (12/18/2020)
- **2020-12-18** 12/18/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-12-18** 12/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-21** 12/21/2020 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/b8486010-6bbd-4fa3-b554-1de43e7a6e77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).