---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to establish by ordinance a list of buildings and structures with historic and architectural value and require a delay of any demolition for further evaluation.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to establish by ordinance a list of buildings and structures with historic and architectural value and require a delay of any demolition for further evaluation.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2814"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2814 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Cumberland", "Historical Sites"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-12"
last_action: "2020-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70ee7414-7e32-495b-895b-5729bf5314b8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "21ba945eda0de4d6a797b1aaf03afe98d7a66a0725c3da4e94c6a42223a25c75"
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 2814 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to establish by ordinance a list of buildings and structures with historic and architectural value and require a delay of any demolition for further evaluation.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2814** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2814.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pearson — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-12** 03/12/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-29** 05/29/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2020)
- **2020-06-02** 06/02/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2020)
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-27** 06/27/2020 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/70ee7414-7e32-495b-895b-5729bf5314b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).