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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Requires that the cost of maintaining an easement or right-of-way be the responsibility of the owner(s) of the property that the easement benefits.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Requires that the cost of maintaining an easement or right-of-way be the responsibility of the owner(s) of the property that the easement benefits.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7337"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7337 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Housing", "Landlord & Tenant", "Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hearn", "Keable"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-31"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8ee07e3-9443-4a5f-a415-492d7400c51f"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "510fb13c00354a7d4e372ff8faa263c4047e3571bb51453c3201e38b3f428fed"
+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 7337 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Requires that the cost of maintaining an easement or right-of-way be the responsibility of the owner(s) of the property that the easement benefits.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7337 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7337A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–6** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **55–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hearn — primary (person)
+- Keable — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-31** 01/31/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
+- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2018)
+- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2018)
+- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/c8ee07e3-9443-4a5f-a415-492d7400c51f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+