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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Establishes a land use court within the superior court, effective January 1, 2024.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Establishes a land use court within the superior court, effective January 1, 2024.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1053"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 1053 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Housing", "Land/Landfills"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["LaMountain", "McKenney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-19"
+last_action: "2023-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/296444f8-4c14-405a-856a-eee4c3510a74"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3c9231c6b6ff76bec2f223d51f3499b617357e4c88a7ac2e485e3a1b22c09ae0"
+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 1053 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Establishes a land use court within the superior court, effective January 1, 2024.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **1053 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1053A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2023)
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/296444f8-4c14-405a-856a-eee4c3510a74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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