---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ST. PETER'S-BY-THE-SEA, NARRAGANSETT, RHODE ISLAND"
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ST. PETER'S-BY-THE-SEA, NARRAGANSETT, RHODE ISLAND"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5257"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5257 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntee", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fbd92f0-59b3-4644-a969-ec5e35a37032"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b847a46a96cee77b20e3f538e4eadc1440f96bd0abb8fbabd28dd4a923c2a871"
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 5257 (2019) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF ST. PETER'S-BY-THE-SEA, NARRAGANSETT, RHODE ISLAND

## Version chain

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

1. **5257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5257.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McEntee — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** 02/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-02-12** 02/12/2019 Meeting postponed (02/12/2019)
- **2019-02-12** 02/12/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2019)
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/12/2019)
- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/19/2019)
- **2019-03-19** 03/19/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/09/2019)
- **2019-04-09** 04/09/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-09** 04/09/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-17** 04/17/2019 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/7fbd92f0-59b3-4644-a969-ec5e35a37032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).