---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Establishes E-permitting for construction permitting.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Establishes E-permitting for construction permitting.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6446"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6446 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Computer Technology", "Health & Safety", "Housing", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-17"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0461b190-b229-4607-b2b4-cb94d212a06d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e21bb5208f1f5e0d5e1ebc6c7f281386c16490b86f73aad2ca88f43c0e546f6f"
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 6446 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Establishes E-permitting for construction permitting.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6446** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6446.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 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/0461b190-b229-4607-b2b4-cb94d212a06d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).