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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Requires easement benefited property owners to pay costs to maintain easements or rights-of-way of property of another.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Requires easement benefited property owners to pay costs to maintain easements or rights-of-way of property of another.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2359"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2359 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Fees", "Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-15"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4963f9c-6ef4-43ca-98b2-b102032cd206"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "31aca21dd4db78df84bfaf22e770dfab323aad414ae810821a5c52e7b4f4d418"
+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 2359 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Requires easement benefited property owners to pay costs to maintain easements or rights-of-way of property of another.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2359 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2359Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Approval of Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
+- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2018)
+- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A as amended 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/d4963f9c-6ef4-43ca-98b2-b102032cd206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+