---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Makes technical amendments and corrections to the general laws.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Makes technical amendments and corrections to the general laws.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6428"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6428 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Statutory Construction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-16"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7202b29-241f-42ab-901f-587cb9bbbd12"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "df159a55a65329cf8a19807e3b1504d754426dec33c0b39c87173648c7b6e7aa"
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 6428 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Makes technical amendments and corrections to the general laws.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6428** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6428.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/18/2021)
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/a7202b29-241f-42ab-901f-587cb9bbbd12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).