---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Establishes a land use court within the superior court, effective January 1, 2024.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Establishes a land use court within the superior court, effective January 1, 2024.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1053"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1053 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Housing", "Land/Landfills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LaMountain", "McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/296444f8-4c14-405a-856a-eee4c3510a74"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3c9231c6b6ff76bec2f223d51f3499b617357e4c88a7ac2e485e3a1b22c09ae0"
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 1053 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Establishes a land use court within the superior court, effective January 1, 2024.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1053 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1053A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/296444f8-4c14-405a-856a-eee4c3510a74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).