---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - TRESPASS AND ACTIONS FOR POSSESSION (Prohibits encroachment upon open space land and allows the owner of open space land or holder of a conservation restriction to bring a civil action in superior court to remedy the encroachment of that land, and to recover damages.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - TRESPASS AND ACTIONS FOR POSSESSION (Prohibits encroachment upon open space land and allows the owner of open space land or holder of a conservation restriction to bring a civil action in superior court to remedy the encroachment of that land, and to recover damages.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7383"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7383 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Open Space", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Canario", "Edwards", "Keable", "Kennedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bce1556-4509-4df5-ae47-2dca49da407d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "cb4c01ac96f4cffbf3205da51a55fe0d6b9efb84d1e8f91cd9b5b5ff95750549"
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 7383 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - TRESPASS AND ACTIONS FOR POSSESSION (Prohibits encroachment upon open space land and allows the owner of open space land or holder of a conservation restriction to bring a civil action in superior court to remedy the encroachment of that land, and to recover damages.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7383 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7383A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/13/2018)
- **2018-02-13** 02/13/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Meeting postponed (03/28/2018)
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2018)
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/7bce1556-4509-4df5-ae47-2dca49da407d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).