---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Requires easement benefited property owners to pay costs to maintain easements or rights-of-way of property of another.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Requires easement benefited property owners to pay costs to maintain easements or rights-of-way of property of another.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2359"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2359 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4963f9c-6ef4-43ca-98b2-b102032cd206"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "31aca21dd4db78df84bfaf22e770dfab323aad414ae810821a5c52e7b4f4d418"
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 2359 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Requires easement benefited property owners to pay costs to maintain easements or rights-of-way of property of another.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2359 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2359Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/d4963f9c-6ef4-43ca-98b2-b102032cd206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).