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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND (Shortens the time periods related to certifications, decision-making and recordings of decisions for major land development and major subdivision master and preliminary plans.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND (Shortens the time periods related to certifications, decision-making and recordings of decisions for major land development and major subdivision master and preliminary plans.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 481"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 481 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Land/Landfills", "Cities & Towns", "Zoning"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "McCaffrey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-02"
+last_action: "2017-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00b685cd-24b8-4857-ac55-cbb05010f102"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "f9f42b770cee5202bd0e760a81d1bbf9ff32cc98f7294e3c9df37ec3df0bc61b"
+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 SB 481 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND (Shortens the time periods related to certifications, decision-making and recordings of decisions for major land development and major subdivision master and preliminary plans.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **481 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0481A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-27** 03/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2017)
+- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
+- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-17** 06/17/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
+- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 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/00b685cd-24b8-4857-ac55-cbb05010f102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+