---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY"
description: "Amends several definitions to the general law chapter relating to abandoned property, adds a definition for \"eligible nonprofit corporation\", provides criteria for when properties are considered abandoned or a public nuisance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2912"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2912 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "LaMountain"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b744d7e-214d-478e-bf30-766a8937b81b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f629516f3c20cdb0c33ba080dedb88a84887db48e433d6551a5109948c968f2d"
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 2912 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY

Amends several definitions to the general law chapter relating to abandoned property, adds a definition for "eligible nonprofit corporation", provides criteria for when properties are considered abandoned or a public nuisance.

## Version chain

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

1. **2912 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2912Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/1b744d7e-214d-478e-bf30-766a8937b81b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).