---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Expands the composition of the state building code standards committee by adding two (2) members, to be appointed from the Rhode Island builders association.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Expands the composition of the state building code standards committee by adding two (2) members, to be appointed from the Rhode Island builders association.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5659"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5659 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building Code", "Health & Safety", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ead86a6-b523-48b3-a7c4-4774f036d38a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "60ddb8f611f57b7c39d1d383d53d20c6448523f9725b6436b61ffff985eba068"
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 5659 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Expands the composition of the state building code standards committee by adding two (2) members, to be appointed from the Rhode Island builders association.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5659** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5659.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2017)
- **2017-03-16** 03/16/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-04-03** 04/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2017)
- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** 04/07/2017 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2017)
- **2017-04-11** 04/11/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 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 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 in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 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/6ead86a6-b523-48b3-a7c4-4774f036d38a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).