---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the department of transportation can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore an approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to § 1-2-3.1.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the department of transportation can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore an approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to § 1-2-3.1.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6067"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6067 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Airports", "Land/Landfills", "Property", "State Departments", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "S Lima"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d483af13-26fd-4f8b-b214-566430ee6ebb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2318b459c3feb0441ad96786105d5e3d60f630c67fc075e275010ce7ea7577b3"
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 HB 6067 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the department of transportation can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore an approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to § 1-2-3.1.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6067 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6067aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **61–9** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **52–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- S Lima — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** 03/03/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2021)
- **2021-04-05** 04/05/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 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/d483af13-26fd-4f8b-b214-566430ee6ebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).