---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWN OF NORTH SMITHFIELD (Ratifies the Home Rule Charter amendments adopted and approved by the electors of North Smithfield on November 6, 2018.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWN OF NORTH SMITHFIELD (Ratifies the Home Rule Charter amendments adopted and approved by the electors of North Smithfield on November 6, 2018.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5132"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5132 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newberry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a979855d-4d00-4586-8242-10b66db59138"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bfffc6fe2c8492e3ff789ac11cdeb869f6ef79435fdf4effa31fd621787dd775"
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 5132 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWN OF NORTH SMITHFIELD (Ratifies the Home Rule Charter amendments adopted and approved by the electors of North Smithfield on November 6, 2018.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5132** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5132.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** 01/16/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** 01/18/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/24/2019)
- **2019-01-24** 01/24/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for consideration (02/07/2019)
- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** 02/08/2019 Placed on House Calendar (02/13/2019)
- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019)
- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/22/2019)
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 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/a979855d-4d00-4586-8242-10b66db59138`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).