---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING"
description: "Authorizes the establishment of a Rhode Island housing champion designation program and makes qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5229"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5229 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Giraldo", "McGaw", "Potter", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83270f08-e3fa-4e62-ada2-d83ecb6b43f0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7fb339f41504739f40138f5318064a803c72289d7cd0ddb829672b6da2a1236e"
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 5229 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

Authorizes the establishment of a Rhode Island housing champion designation program and makes qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available.

## Version chain

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

1. **5229 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5229Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **61–7** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/83270f08-e3fa-4e62-ada2-d83ecb6b43f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).