---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT (Includes East Providence in the Northern Rhode Island regional tourism district.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT (Includes East Providence in the Northern Rhode Island regional tourism district.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5361"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5361 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["East Providence", "Fees", "State Affairs", "Taxation", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Henries", "Kazarian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d622e3c4-a946-4cfc-a6c8-51fbfafd059d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8dfe1945b1da58906dc6300915e00f7ec6f084d8dd2302a0722ea871230bbbe0"
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 5361 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT (Includes East Providence in the Northern Rhode Island regional tourism district.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5361.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** 02/08/2021 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2021)
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/d622e3c4-a946-4cfc-a6c8-51fbfafd059d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).