---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS (Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS (Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8327"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8327 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "McGaw", "Noret", "Ruggiero", "Shallcross Smith", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-06-08"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7113ffe3-7677-4ae5-ad94-a729e9cd816e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ea70d034a05d8bb738f50d69c484cb85dc935be3ed6e15254e15abfbb7ee746c"
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 8327 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS (Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8327.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/7113ffe3-7677-4ae5-ad94-a729e9cd816e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).