---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CHILDREN'S GROVE (Allows private corporation, Children’s Grove, to convey its open space and recreational property to nonprofit third parties or a municipal corporation; provided that, such property shall be held and maintained for public recreation and open space.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CHILDREN'S GROVE (Allows private corporation, Children’s Grove, to convey its open space and recreational property to nonprofit third parties or a municipal corporation; provided that, such property shall be held and maintained for public recreation and open space.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6120"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6120 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bristol", "Children and Families", "Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-16"
last_action: "2019-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46efc4d8-dd91-4bdd-8b14-586bc2058965"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d98316c10d6d15ae5c0fc98075cca1be85979feb687b774978c5b485f44082ab"
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 HB 6120 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CHILDREN'S GROVE (Allows private corporation, Children’s Grove, to convey its open space and recreational property to nonprofit third parties or a municipal corporation; provided that, such property shall be held and maintained for public recreation and open space.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6120.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donovan — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** 05/20/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2019)
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-02** 07/02/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46efc4d8-dd91-4bdd-8b14-586bc2058965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).