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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HURRICANE, STORM AND FLOOD STANDARDS (Amends dam safety standards to require the state building code standards committee to take into account climate change effect on inundation areas below dams classified as high, significant, or low hazard.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HURRICANE, STORM AND FLOOD STANDARDS (Amends dam safety standards to require the state building code standards committee to take into account climate change effect on inundation areas below dams classified as high, significant, or low hazard.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8295"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8295 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "Fogarty", "Hull", "J Lombardi", "Noret"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-05-27"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c74c137d-0f79-4da1-8e43-6b2a76c51745"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "86e37998a382ac5a1975ed67ddd5c38b95a23443c6be0c37833c7a7c0e269175"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island HB 8295 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HURRICANE, STORM AND FLOOD STANDARDS (Amends dam safety standards to require the state building code standards committee to take into account climate change effect on inundation areas below dams classified as high, significant, or low hazard.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **8295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8295.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **720** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- J Lombardi — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2022)
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c74c137d-0f79-4da1-8e43-6b2a76c51745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).