---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS (Requires dam owner/operator with storage capacity over 1,400 normal storage acre feet of water to obtain DEM permits to raise/lower water level. Not applicable to public water supply system dams.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS (Requires dam owner/operator with storage capacity over 1,400 normal storage acre feet of water to obtain DEM permits to raise/lower water level. Not applicable to public water supply system dams.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8205"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8205 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Costantino", "Hawkins", "McNamara", "Nardone", "Noret", "Roberts", "Serpa", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-05-04"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d3fc0bd-7a24-4c95-8b34-e4a96b4f8c15"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8aa6aef21f80af41096dbe9a36a97eba125cae955c2b972c9b6cfb55a40132c8"
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 8205 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS (Requires dam owner/operator with storage capacity over 1,400 normal storage acre feet of water to obtain DEM permits to raise/lower water level. Not applicable to public water supply system dams.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8205.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Hawkins — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/18/2022)
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/3d3fc0bd-7a24-4c95-8b34-e4a96b4f8c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).