---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS (Requires that any person operating or owning a dam with a storage capacity greater than one thousand four hundred (1,400) normal storage acre feet of water to obtain a permit from the director of the DEM to raise or lower the water level behind the dam.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS (Requires that any person operating or owning a dam with a storage capacity greater than one thousand four hundred (1,400) normal storage acre feet of water to obtain a permit from the director of the DEM to raise or lower the water level behind the dam.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2181"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2181 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Archambault", "Calkin", "Lombardo", "Raptakis", "Rogers", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b119091-fd8e-40fd-aea4-ca0f8219218f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "13eee1350b073ec5c42f790ada5af256b62d19a6a0778a3488529210e96992f8"
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 2181 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS (Requires that any person operating or owning a dam with a storage capacity greater than one thousand four hundred (1,400) normal storage acre feet of water to obtain a permit from the director of the DEM to raise or lower the water level behind the dam.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2181 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2181A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Archambault — primary (person)
- Calkin — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study `substitution`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2022)
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/9b119091-fd8e-40fd-aea4-ca0f8219218f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).