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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-259.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the DOT can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to section 1-2-3.1.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the DOT can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to section 1-2-3.1.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 259"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 259 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Airports", "Land/Landfills", "Zoning"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Seveney", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-07-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed699338-aa21-43aa-8b9b-d67a8a38f026"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "dcfb7ea2d42898d169cff8bb1a8d76dcbcccd833d8e3b917c9c1b0df3864546c"
+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 259 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the DOT can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to section 1-2-3.1.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **259 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0259aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **28–8** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2021)
+- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Meeting postponed (05/13/2021)
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
+- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 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/ed699338-aa21-43aa-8b9b-d67a8a38f026`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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