---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS (Streamlines the application and examination process as well as the educational and experience standards for applicants seeking registration as professional land surveyors.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS (Streamlines the application and examination process as well as the educational and experience standards for applicants seeking registration as professional land surveyors.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2335"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2335 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Land/Landfills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Crowley", "Felag", "Lynch Prata", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a97fc21-d3da-4772-858c-8400ace80b04"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2a570a6534e35fe6bb4aa43cfb68ae99ec6f87961b35a61dd2e02c5156c8e84b"
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 2335 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LAND SURVEYORS (Streamlines the application and examination process as well as the educational and experience standards for applicants seeking registration as professional land surveyors.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2335** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2335.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2018)
- **2018-02-27** 02/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-20** 04/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2018)
- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2018)
- **2018-05-01** 05/01/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 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/7a97fc21-d3da-4772-858c-8400ace80b04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).