republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5445.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 5445	Rhode Island HB 5445 (2021)	bill	Energy Environment Gas Recycling State Affairs	enacted	Alzate Blazejewski Carson Cortvriend Donovan Kazarian Knight McEntee Ruggiero Speakman	1	15	13	2021-02-10	2021-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/c3c5c675-4e01-487d-ac73-5306ea1e46d6	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	c50c1f5942e2b2e1b89b2cdc00363de7bc1a10882fa47a2c7ff09cb01a4c921f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5445 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)

Version chain

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

1. 5445 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 10–58 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 16–50 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 11–54 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 13–58 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 15–54 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE — 53–22 (pass) · lower
• RULING OF THE CHAIR — 56–9 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 13–57 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 13–53 (fail) · lower
• RULING OF THE CHAIR — 59–9 (pass) · lower
• MOVE THE QUESTION — 58–9 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 13–56 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 13–55 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Alzate — primary (person)
• Blazejewski — primary (person)
• Carson — primary (person)
• Cortvriend — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Kazarian — primary (person)
• Knight — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)
• Ruggiero — primary (person)
• Speakman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2021)
• 2021-02-26 02/26/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-03-12 03/12/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2021)
• 2021-03-17 03/17/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-03-18 03/18/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-19 03/19/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2021)
• 2021-03-23 03/23/2021 House passed Sub A passage
• 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2021)
• 2021-03-31 03/31/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31 03/31/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/06/2021)
• 2021-04-06 04/06/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2021-04-06 04/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 04/10/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3c5c675-4e01-487d-ac73-5306ea1e46d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).