---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - COMMERCIAL FISHERIES (Permits the dockside sale of allowable live lobsters, crabs and live whelk upon issuance of a direct sale dealer license by the department of environmental management to a commercial fishing license holder.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - COMMERCIAL FISHERIES (Permits the dockside sale of allowable live lobsters, crabs and live whelk upon issuance of a direct sale dealer license by the department of environmental management to a commercial fishing license holder.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6432"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6432 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Environment", "Fish & Wildlife", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "McGaw", "Messier", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-16"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f332a21-3ae0-4a9c-99bf-87d9e004ca3f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e505a4f6e38b64bef95b86d179aef150ac4174249a7fec0e4c564f4f1c91df48"
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 6432 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - COMMERCIAL FISHERIES (Permits the dockside sale of allowable live lobsters, crabs and live whelk upon issuance of a direct sale dealer license by the department of environmental management to a commercial fishing license holder.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6432 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6432A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/8f332a21-3ae0-4a9c-99bf-87d9e004ca3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).