republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5480.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS (Replaces language referencing DEM park police and conservation police with environmental police officers.)	AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS (Replaces language referencing DEM park police and conservation police with environmental police officers.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5480	Rhode Island HB 5480 (2017)	bill	Parks Dept. of Environmental Management Environment Fish & Wildlife Police & Fire	enacted	Barros Coughlin Cunha Shanley Tobon	1	14	1	2017-02-15	2017-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/4de402bc-4787-4a78-83fc-a419083eaf40	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	76618f67e00116da91ac14798a33247f7d21f9234c61d4f3b396a87810cbaf38	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5480 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS (Replaces language referencing DEM park police and conservation police with environmental police officers.)

Version chain

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

1. 5480 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 71–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barros — primary (person)
• Coughlin — primary (person)
• Cunha — primary (person)
• Shanley — primary (person)
• Tobon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources 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
• 2017-03-10 03/10/2017 Scheduled for consideration (03/16/2017)
• 2017-03-16 03/16/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-24 03/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (03/28/2017)
• 2017-03-28 03/28/2017 House read and passed passage
• 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture referral-committee
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2017)
• 2017-06-07 06/07/2017 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; origin ocd-bill/4de402bc-4787-4a78-83fc-a419083eaf40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).