---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5445"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5445 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Environment", "Gas", "Recycling", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Blazejewski", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee", "Ruggiero", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3c5c675-4e01-487d-ac73-5306ea1e46d6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c50c1f5942e2b2e1b89b2cdc00363de7bc1a10882fa47a2c7ff09cb01a4c921f"
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 5445 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5445 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5445A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **10–58** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **16–50** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **11–54** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–58** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **15–54** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **53–22** (pass) · lower
- RULING OF THE CHAIR — **56–9** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–57** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–53** (fail) · lower
- RULING OF THE CHAIR — **59–9** (pass) · lower
- MOVE THE QUESTION — **58–9** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–56** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–55** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2021)
- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2021)
- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2021)
- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** 03/31/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** 03/31/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/06/2021)
- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** 04/10/2021 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/c3c5c675-4e01-487d-ac73-5306ea1e46d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).