---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TIVERTON (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Tiverton, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.)"
description: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TIVERTON (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Tiverton, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5016"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5016 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Tiverton"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "McGaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34ed76b8-6c0b-4baa-972b-03f04bb3dab4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ecaf315ad1166d44ee698f326ec6abfefd48fc9219b72c34857d4d149c88516b"
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 5016 (2023) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF TIVERTON (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Tiverton, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5016.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** 01/06/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2023)
- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (02/16/2023)
- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Placed on House Calendar (02/28/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/02/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 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/34ed76b8-6c0b-4baa-972b-03f04bb3dab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).