---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Ratifies the town of Jamestown Home Rule Charter amendment to Section 219 of the charter adopted at a November 3, 2020 referendum, concerning the process and procedures by which voter initiative can be activated.)"
description: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Ratifies the town of Jamestown Home Rule Charter amendment to Section 219 of the charter adopted at a November 3, 2020 referendum, concerning the process and procedures by which voter initiative can be activated.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5101"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5101 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amendment", "Charter", "Cities & Towns", "Elections", "Jamestown"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d2fa55f-8fcb-45af-92e0-a367f342dd9e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "949d073ecff931d0668b4b1e6d029145cb4e0ba3a2fee6db514f21e3e55a470d"
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 5101 (2021) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Ratifies the town of Jamestown Home Rule Charter amendment to Section 219 of the charter adopted at a November 3, 2020 referendum, concerning the process and procedures by which voter initiative can be activated.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5101.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2021)
- **2021-02-04** 02/04/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-03-08** 03/08/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/12/2021)
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2021)
- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-03** 04/03/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2021)
- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** 04/21/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d2fa55f-8fcb-45af-92e0-a367f342dd9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).