---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING THE 2020 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD"
description: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING THE 2020 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5821"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5821 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Smithfield"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Costantino", "Hawkins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/940de916-f783-4d97-92e9-b4527e5e66fb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "04c15b29c6c0ba78f5cf3cb5d76aa5fd135cb55032b9f8fd8d64b8836a35063b"
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 5821 (2021) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING THE 2020 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD

## Version chain

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

1. **5821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5821.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Hawkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2021)
- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/16/2021)
- **2021-03-16** 03/16/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/27/2021)
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/940de916-f783-4d97-92e9-b4527e5e66fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).