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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and amends the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and amends the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 5187"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5187 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Attorney", "Civil Procedure", "Courts"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Blazejewski", "Keable", "Maldonado", "McKiernan"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-25"
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last_action: "2017-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee694fe4-d699-496a-ba25-a4af7bf5209f"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "827d46cb68a1a0e7e2c643d65da642c781a2b752add53c0b14dcb20250af5721"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5187 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Requires that cities and towns comply with certain procedures when prosecuting defendants such as the right to counsel, and amends the penalties imposed for ordinance violations.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5187 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5187aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
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- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Barros — primary (person)
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- Blazejewski — primary (person)
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- Keable — primary (person)
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- Maldonado — primary (person)
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- McKiernan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-25** 01/25/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-02-10** 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2017)
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- **2017-02-14** 02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-05-08** 05/08/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2017)
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- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2017)
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- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2017)
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- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee694fe4-d699-496a-ba25-a4af7bf5209f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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