---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF BAY SPRING REALTY COMPANY"
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF BAY SPRING REALTY COMPANY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 944"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 944 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-03"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c38fc9c2-6fc2-49bc-8345-b97cc56d58cc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ea1f9bed1d46577405751b965508070d240def3ba19af8cbe6e4f19379b61af7"
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 944 (2021) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF BAY SPRING REALTY COMPANY

## Version chain

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

1. **944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0944.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-13** 06/13/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 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/c38fc9c2-6fc2-49bc-8345-b97cc56d58cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).