---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Extends the required air quality monitoring program at T.F. Green International Airport for two years to July 31, 2021.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Extends the required air quality monitoring program at T.F. Green International Airport for two years to July 31, 2021.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5672"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5672 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Airports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "McNamara", "Shanley", "Shekarchi", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78d58d8f-446a-40ca-a5ec-229493a306f4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "457830fa3f5b14cf92027a6d8533a1d981e2880c56dcb83a1bf34e8ac9302a1b"
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 5672 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Extends the required air quality monitoring program at T.F. Green International Airport for two years to July 31, 2021.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5672 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5672A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Committee transferred to House H.E.W.
- **2019-04-22** 04/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2019)
- **2019-05-08** 05/08/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** 05/20/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2019)
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/78d58d8f-446a-40ca-a5ec-229493a306f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).