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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to establish by ordinance a list of buildings and structures with historic and architectural value and require a delay of any demolition for further evaluation.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to establish by ordinance a list of buildings and structures with historic and architectural value and require a delay of any demolition for further evaluation.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2814"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2814 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Cumberland", "Historical Sites"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pearson", "Picard"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-03-12"
+last_action: "2020-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70ee7414-7e32-495b-895b-5729bf5314b8"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "21ba945eda0de4d6a797b1aaf03afe98d7a66a0725c3da4e94c6a42223a25c75"
+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 2814 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to establish by ordinance a list of buildings and structures with historic and architectural value and require a delay of any demolition for further evaluation.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2814** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2814.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-12** 03/12/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-29** 05/29/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2020)
+- **2020-06-02** 06/02/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2020)
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-27** 06/27/2020 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/70ee7414-7e32-495b-895b-5729bf5314b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+