---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Revises the definition of building height by including in special flood hazard zones those areas identified by the CRMC.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Revises the definition of building height by including in special flood hazard zones those areas identified by the CRMC.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5484"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5484 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Filippi", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25b73bff-7ed4-4f55-8d0a-69b28ce9bfe8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6cbf2e7bf6af5ced67a19ac7d8a12bc07751e762b5490f2c5653b90f48e31bf6"
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 5484 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Revises the definition of building height by including in special flood hazard zones those areas identified by the CRMC.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5484 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5484A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Filippi — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2019)
- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-04** 03/04/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/06/2019)
- **2019-03-06** 03/06/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/13/2019)
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Meeting postponed (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/25b73bff-7ed4-4f55-8d0a-69b28ce9bfe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).