---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Allows the town of Bristol to appoint a second auxiliary member to its historical district commission.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Allows the town of Bristol to appoint a second auxiliary member to its historical district commission.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5262"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5262 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bristol", "Cities & Towns", "Commissions", "Historical Sites", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47fc2ff6-b782-433e-8751-ac014b2bdd7f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ecaee842e84aa789532c9385906065786ea46f40e58a66f1f8640177512e09a1"
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 5262 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Allows the town of Bristol to appoint a second auxiliary member to its historical district commission.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5262.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donovan — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** 01/27/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/16/2023)
- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/04/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 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/47fc2ff6-b782-433e-8751-ac014b2bdd7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).