---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION"
description: "Makes technical amendments to the general laws at the recommendation of the law revision office"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8325"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8325 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Chippendale"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-05-30"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/473a8d55-2b42-473b-b726-b59582be3a8f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "40d0f42b0c20743496c9be9434fecff5929cbef93b2101af4edbf1d8983899aa"
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 8325 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION

Makes technical amendments to the general laws at the recommendation of the law revision office

## Version chain

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

1. **8325 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8325A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/473a8d55-2b42-473b-b726-b59582be3a8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).