---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL"
description: "Requires municipalities to maintain and update a list of CRMC designated rights-of-way to tidal areas in their municipality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5686"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5686 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Corvese", "Diaz", "Fogarty", "Hull", "McGaw", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8927811a-71fe-40df-95e8-65bc3035329a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b42a5ae4c875403263bb5f7f082d5c0fbbad653605c9b7a7bd61723eb9c90040"
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 5686 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Requires municipalities to maintain and update a list of CRMC designated rights-of-way to tidal areas in their municipality.

## Version chain

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

1. **5686** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5686.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 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`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/01/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 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`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/8927811a-71fe-40df-95e8-65bc3035329a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).