republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5224.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Establishes the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Establishes the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5224	Rhode Island HB 5224 (2017)	bill	Public Utilities	enacted	Fogarty McKiernan Ucci Winfield	1	24	3	2017-01-26	2017-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/24efc0de-b187-4f40-b608-d5f13edf2dd1	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	825f800425b0e7741c740e8b9f58618073a63615d44b77f565b796060f13556e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5224 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Establishes the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)

Version chain

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

1. 5224 SUB B as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AS AMENDED — 65–4 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 61–11 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 68–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Fogarty — primary (person)
• McKiernan — primary (person)
• Ucci — primary (person)
• Winfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26 01/26/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-02-10 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2017-02-13 02/13/2017 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/14/2017)
• 2017-03-17 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2017)
• 2017-03-21 03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
• 2017-05-23 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-09 06/09/2017 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/13/2017)
• 2017-06-13 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-16 06/16/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2017)
• 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Senate voted to reconsider
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2017-09-14 09/14/2017 Referred to House Corporations referral-committee
• 2017-09-14 09/14/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/15/2017)
• 2017-09-15 09/15/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-09-15 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub B as amended in concurrence passage
• 2017-09-25 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-09-27 09/27/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24efc0de-b187-4f40-b608-d5f13edf2dd1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).