---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION -- CAPITAL CENTER COMMISSION"
description: "Repeals legislation establishing the Capital Center Commission, which is a special development district commission for downtown Providence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5306"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5306 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Hull", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b110e3a-cefe-41a9-8c05-6dd0410f6650"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c33cc3a2961e215b3eb5bf1a733b521d062db2dc0bafd02687e4ef65ac8ccae4"
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 5306 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION -- CAPITAL CENTER COMMISSION

Repeals legislation establishing the Capital Center Commission, which is a special development district commission for downtown Providence.

## Version chain

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

1. **5306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5306.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b110e3a-cefe-41a9-8c05-6dd0410f6650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).