---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- FRESHWATER LAKE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM"
description: "Establishes the Rhode Island lake management program within the department of environmental management to aid with lake and pond management issues relating to the control of aquatic invasive plants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2153"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2153 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Felag", "Gu", "Lombardi", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1018f36a-387d-486a-b45b-bbda617b17ab"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "60fd373f7c6e05a9b1a0df89f7ee1a75885f0c7eec798fcfdcea3ba713b8bb0a"
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 2153 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- FRESHWATER LAKE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Establishes the Rhode Island lake management program within the department of environmental management to aid with lake and pond management issues relating to the control of aquatic invasive plants.

## Version chain

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

1. **2153 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2153B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2024)
- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2024)
- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/23/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/1018f36a-387d-486a-b45b-bbda617b17ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).