---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING"
description: "Creates a new commercial fishing license for invasive green crabs for Rhode Island residents for twenty-five dollars ($25) annually."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6157"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6157 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Knight", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-02"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd3672c2-23f7-4913-8fb2-7f0a8a8cd53b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "26f1b762b0f5985835a0225b96ac102b989e6bc149c358f75333251f613a4100"
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 6157 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING

Creates a new commercial fishing license for invasive green crabs for Rhode Island residents for twenty-five dollars ($25) annually.

## Version chain

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

1. **6157 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6157A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2025)
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-07** 06/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-07** 06/07/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/bd3672c2-23f7-4913-8fb2-7f0a8a8cd53b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).