---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE"
description: "Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5804"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5804 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Casey", "Cotter", "Dawson", "Finkelman", "Hull", "Shekarchi", "Speakman", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d3566b5-6c38-44da-ade7-7efa6f3d68cc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0a22021e5d2fc8fd04a19173badef6a0df674dc985b67aac9ce9f37801c7339a"
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 5804 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE

Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal.

## Version chain

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

1. **5804 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5804Baa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 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`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 House passed Sub B 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/9d3566b5-6c38-44da-ade7-7efa6f3d68cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).