---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Provides a definition of the recognizable high tide line for the public's rights and privileges of the shore.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Provides a definition of the recognizable high tide line for the public's rights and privileges of the shore.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5174"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5174 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRMC", "Environment", "Land/Landfills", "Property", "Water", "Waters and Navigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "Craven", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "Knight", "McNamara", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19454a15-2910-443f-a2bf-bbf28563e9f8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6b266a806315e082c49848e1c272b7bcff445f018f83aea7ccda2d03c3fef8ca"
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 5174 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Provides a definition of the recognizable high tide line for the public's rights and privileges of the shore.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5174 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5174A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** 01/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2023)
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** 04/06/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/19454a15-2910-443f-a2bf-bbf28563e9f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).