---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides free admission to any state owned recreational facility for Gold Star families with exceptions for docking slips.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides free admission to any state owned recreational facility for Gold Star families with exceptions for docking slips.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5999"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5999 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Military Affairs", "Parks", "State Affairs", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Fellela", "Messier", "Place", "Rea", "Serpa", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6e85fc6-fcec-4a71-b27f-0e06310b5218"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e2f474af3afc002114d8e5de83c44986392df0dfa1fa71be27a012a2c058f6cd"
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 5999 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides free admission to any state owned recreational facility for Gold Star families with exceptions for docking slips.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5999.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Rea — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/a6e85fc6-fcec-4a71-b27f-0e06310b5218`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).