republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-785.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 STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT--MARINE FISHERIES (Creates division of marine fisheries within DEM to manage saltwater fish and plant harvesting.)	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT--MARINE FISHERIES (Creates division of marine fisheries within DEM to manage saltwater fish and plant harvesting.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 785	Rhode Island SB 785 (2017)	bill	Dept. of Environmental Management Fish & Wildlife State Affairs	enacted	Coyne Sosnowski	1	14	2	2017-04-25	2017-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/91b688e0-47f9-4eb6-87b2-973a16111983	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	e920b15810babe3167302b03538b1b6011f0136315ca7204308b673bb24023a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 785 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT--MARINE FISHERIES (Creates division of marine fisheries within DEM to manage saltwater fish and plant harvesting.)

Version chain

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

1. 785 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• IN CONCURRENCE — 69–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Coyne — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-25 04/25/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-04-28 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2017)
• 2017-05-03 05/03/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
• 2017-06-07 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-08 06/08/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2017)
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Senate read and passed passage
• 2017-06-15 06/15/2017 Referred to House Finance referral-committee
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2017-07-18 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-19 07/19/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91b688e0-47f9-4eb6-87b2-973a16111983. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).