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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY (Creates a forest conservation commission, to be coordinated with the department of environmental management, to seek new funding and identify incentives for landowners to maintain their land as forest.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY (Creates a forest conservation commission, to be coordinated with the department of environmental management, to seek new funding and identify incentives for landowners to maintain their land as forest.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 5760"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5760 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Commissions", "Environment", "Land/Landfills", "State Affairs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Handy", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-24"
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last_action: "2021-07-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a78ed143-bdcb-46d0-a40d-e6dfe5902a29"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "74dc5bbb73dca10d205dc1c01aa8f6227bde772e0c1506be121a6ff84b4d676c"
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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 5760 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY (Creates a forest conservation commission, to be coordinated with the department of environmental management, to seek new funding and identify incentives for landowners to maintain their land as forest.)
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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. **5760 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5760A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2021-03-10** 03/10/2021 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/11/2021)
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- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2021)
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- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2021)
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- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2021)
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 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/a78ed143-bdcb-46d0-a40d-e6dfe5902a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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