---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS (Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS (Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2295"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2295 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "F Lombardi", "Miller", "Raptakis", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf57e0bd-6366-46c0-bc8b-61c8e48aaa86"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7ab95446bcb0dc3067f0bc2bc3a5704bdc1a7aede7cfe877f6557f948feb4b87"
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 2295 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- INSPECTION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS (Authorizes DEM to assess penalties for non-compliance with emergency plans for significant/ high hazard dams with DEM/EMA developing system to issue severe weather advisories/watches/warnings.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2295.pdf)

## Votes

- AND RESERVOIRS — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2022)
- **2022-03-16** 03/16/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2022)
- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/bf57e0bd-6366-46c0-bc8b-61c8e48aaa86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).