---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides amendments to multiple sections of law related to the marine fisheries council.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides amendments to multiple sections of law related to the marine fisheries council.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5863"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5863 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Environmental Management", "Environment", "Fish & Wildlife", "Public Officers", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "Craven", "Fenton-Fung", "Kazarian", "McGaw", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01ed038c-66b7-4f86-89a0-8ba35cdd4326"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5c7d4854289d76d5bdbb19c3a7a44cb757847f26b442e4c993f33ea4d392fd0f"
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 5863 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides amendments to multiple sections of law related to the marine fisheries council.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5863 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5863Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **31–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **67–7** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2023)
- **2023-03-09** 03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2023)
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/01ed038c-66b7-4f86-89a0-8ba35cdd4326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).