---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Authorizes the Johnston town council to appoint two (2) alternate members to the Johnston planning board.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Authorizes the Johnston town council to appoint two (2) alternate members to the Johnston planning board.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5304"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5304 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Fellela", "Mendez", "Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e70527e4-caed-4110-b94f-c48ec8cb45f7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a52ae169890af2c9241fa52cfadbcfe29f524b5d9299426d6187d084e3d62afd"
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 5304 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Authorizes the Johnston town council to appoint two (2) alternate members to the Johnston planning board.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5304 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5304Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Costantino — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Mendez — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** 02/06/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2019)
- **2019-02-28** 02/28/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-13** 05/13/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2019)
- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2019)
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** 06/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/e70527e4-caed-4110-b94f-c48ec8cb45f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).