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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS"
+description: "Designates Sapowet Marsh Management Area, comprised of two hundred ninety-six (296) acres, more or less, located within the town of Tiverton and Sapowet Cove as open space to be utilized for passive outdoor recreation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7060"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7060 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Bennett", "Cortvriend", "Edwards", "Kennedy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-05"
+last_action: "2024-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de173143-10d8-4529-b66a-d5dcba26fbb4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "633c0ffe5b72a35e1683205754831dc6b1899bc4b1a78b5fe915273eb9d0ed9f"
+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 HB 7060 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS
+
+Designates Sapowet Marsh Management Area, comprised of two hundred ninety-six (296) acres, more or less, located within the town of Tiverton and Sapowet Cove as open space to be utilized for passive outdoor recreation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7060 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7060A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **53–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2024)
+- **2024-02-14** 02/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 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/de173143-10d8-4529-b66a-d5dcba26fbb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+