---
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: "SB 2475"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2475 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42e1cd9d-7844-4118-b359-bf219cba6b29"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9d55901db39b54d0b829c04133771b2cf569fc0f11e395768492c4985e99d8f7"
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 2475 (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. **2475 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2475A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/16/2026)
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 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 (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House 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/42e1cd9d-7844-4118-b359-bf219cba6b29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).