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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the law revision office. Article I contains the reenactment of titles 7 and 27 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the law revision office. Article I contains the reenactment of titles 7 and 27 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6371"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6371 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Statutory Construction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Chippendale"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-05"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75e04f06-886c-4425-85ef-7b7221c967b7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9846d4c53337ee59e4c5348c3dae153b3125eea903093677b5bda46709712f58"
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 6371 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the law revision office. Article I contains the reenactment of titles 7 and 27 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6371.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2023)
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75e04f06-886c-4425-85ef-7b7221c967b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).