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legislation/us/states/ri/2022/sb-2654.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows the town of Cumberland upon request to sell the highway or driftway to the abutting owner at fair value.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows the town of Cumberland upon request to sell the highway or driftway to the abutting owner at fair value.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2654"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2654 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pearson", "Picard"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-03-10"
+last_action: "2022-06-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6562f2ea-a68c-4126-87e3-8fa133e7e00e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1d73eeace7b0a9b888241683a8937089fcc8f156d6b206180cc4a708e3709380"
+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 2654 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows the town of Cumberland upon request to sell the highway or driftway to the abutting owner at fair value.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2654.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS — **33–4** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
+- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-04-25** 04/25/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2022)
+- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2022)
+- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 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/6562f2ea-a68c-4126-87e3-8fa133e7e00e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+