---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Amends membership of Coastal Resources Management Council.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Amends membership of Coastal Resources Management Council.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2955"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2955 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor", "Waters and Navigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-06-05"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdf206d7-ccaa-42ac-a8cb-bc6c5e635996"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8fb94070939056b56f81c2eae4da0cedf6adb91f9ea218f1d2cfde1adebef9ac"
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 2955 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (Amends membership of Coastal Resources Management Council.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2955 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2955A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–4** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/cdf206d7-ccaa-42ac-a8cb-bc6c5e635996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).