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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING"
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description: "Authorizes the establishment of a Rhode Island housing champion designation program and makes qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 5229"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5229 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Giraldo", "McGaw", "Potter", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83270f08-e3fa-4e62-ada2-d83ecb6b43f0"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "7fb339f41504739f40138f5318064a803c72289d7cd0ddb829672b6da2a1236e"
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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 5229 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
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Authorizes the establishment of a Rhode Island housing champion designation program and makes qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available.
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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. **5229 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5229Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **61–7** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Potter — 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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- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
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- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
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- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/83270f08-e3fa-4e62-ada2-d83ecb6b43f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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