---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BURRILLVILLE (Amends the Burrillville Town Charter.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BURRILLVILLE (Amends the Burrillville Town Charter.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5290"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5290 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Burrillville", "Charter", "Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newberry", "Place"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9703e9ad-5838-4ec1-8143-4c0a29368690"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5df8c897f01377b9cbc10d509c8fe8f3ecd04fa829a1f3c69b227cf9b0cc3ebd"
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 5290 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BURRILLVILLE (Amends the Burrillville Town Charter.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5290.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newberry — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 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`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 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/9703e9ad-5838-4ec1-8143-4c0a29368690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).