---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- FORT ADAMS FOUNDATION (Amends the composition of the Fort Adams foundation to include a representative from the division of parks and recreation in place of a member of the public.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- FORT ADAMS FOUNDATION (Amends the composition of the Fort Adams foundation to include a representative from the division of parks and recreation in place of a member of the public.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5381"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5381 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Environmental Management", "Environment", "Parks", "Public Officers", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/118aa570-ee65-4b8c-9e97-ec63b9351ceb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c82f3d5e2fe682f8fe5f83b0ae0535cb74c4efc2297b32a837afd148f47f2834"
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 5381 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- FORT ADAMS FOUNDATION (Amends the composition of the Fort Adams foundation to include a representative from the division of parks and recreation in place of a member of the public.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5381.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-02-13** 02/13/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/15/2023)
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2023)
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2023)
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/18/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 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/118aa570-ee65-4b8c-9e97-ec63b9351ceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).