---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION"
description: "Re-enacts certain chapters of title 45 relating to towns and cities and provides various technical statutory construction edits throughout the general laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8501"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8501 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-01"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef04c26e-7121-4e2a-850d-34867de7b2fe"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "cf9492d60a229b205e17a9ec261bee8ac1551ec9438b619ccaa2be4b93c1dffe"
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 8501 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION

Re-enacts certain chapters of title 45 relating to towns and cities and provides various technical statutory construction edits throughout the general laws.

## Version chain

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

1. **8501** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8501.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2026)
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-11** 05/11/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2026)
- **2026-05-14** 05/14/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/ef04c26e-7121-4e2a-850d-34867de7b2fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).