---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- PRUDENCE ISLAND SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Enables the town council of Portsmouth to transfer and/or convey parcels of land owned by the town on Prudence Island to the Prudence Island School Foundation to be used for educational purposes.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- PRUDENCE ISLAND SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Enables the town council of Portsmouth to transfer and/or convey parcels of land owned by the town on Prudence Island to the Prudence Island School Foundation to be used for educational purposes.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2074"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2074 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Education", "Land/Landfills", "Portsmouth", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Satchell", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6535e7d0-209d-47e1-925b-44e817e74734"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "be7c68e8dd50142cf4081974d77a02ab7b81bf82da3b529f0bd6b3049b712293"
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 2074 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS -- PRUDENCE ISLAND SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Enables the town council of Portsmouth to transfer and/or convey parcels of land owned by the town on Prudence Island to the Prudence Island School Foundation to be used for educational purposes.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2074** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2074.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** 01/21/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** 02/21/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2020)
- **2020-02-27** 02/27/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** 03/03/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/05/2020)
- **2020-03-05** 03/05/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** 03/06/2020 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** 06/09/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2020)
- **2020-06-11** 06/11/2020 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2020)
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-27** 06/27/2020 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/6535e7d0-209d-47e1-925b-44e817e74734`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).