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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY"
+description: "Amends several definitions to the general law chapter relating to abandoned property, adds a definition for \"eligible nonprofit corporation\", provides criteria for when properties are considered abandoned or a public nuisance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2912"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2912 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "LaMountain"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-04"
+last_action: "2026-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b744d7e-214d-478e-bf30-766a8937b81b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f629516f3c20cdb0c33ba080dedb88a84887db48e433d6551a5109948c968f2d"
+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 2912 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY
+
+Amends several definitions to the general law chapter relating to abandoned property, adds a definition for "eligible nonprofit corporation", provides criteria for when properties are considered abandoned or a public nuisance.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2912 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2912Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)
+- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
+- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/1b744d7e-214d-478e-bf30-766a8937b81b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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