---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY"
description: "Repeals certain provisions of the law regarding maintenance of private easements and rights of way."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7763"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7763 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "DeSimone", "Fellela", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/959edc9c-42de-4a2c-b33f-a822586d44d4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3edf4e3a4cd8267bea6fe21010cfba0dcbee90e68021fe89f99d102c30b17a2b"
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 7763 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY

Repeals certain provisions of the law regarding maintenance of private easements and rights of way.

## Version chain

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

1. **7763 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7763A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** 02/12/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2026)
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/959edc9c-42de-4a2c-b33f-a822586d44d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).