---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND (Shortens the time periods related to certifications, decision-making and recordings of decisions for major land development and major subdivision master and preliminary plans.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND (Shortens the time periods related to certifications, decision-making and recordings of decisions for major land development and major subdivision master and preliminary plans.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5475"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5475 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Land/Landfills", "Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Hull", "Lima", "Shanley", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c899724-6357-4662-bbfd-c7ecf789509f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "71564efb3ccbe6a5ab8be3e005c2d6f42b700d944493de1732c0ea2e66cd7d4a"
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 5475 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND (Shortens the time periods related to certifications, decision-making and recordings of decisions for major land development and major subdivision master and preliminary plans.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5475 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5475A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-24** 02/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2017)
- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2017)
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 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/7c899724-6357-4662-bbfd-c7ecf789509f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).