---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - SHELLFISH GROUNDS (Ensures compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - SHELLFISH GROUNDS (Ensures compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2511"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2511 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Environmental Management", "Environment", "Fish & Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Coyne", "Miller", "Sheehan", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5392eb7-47e1-4891-ae2c-fb6f59209954"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0778dc26b6444a20f43e1f176dad3f17ed5308853dfdcfd94867692591f6b04d"
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 2511 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - SHELLFISH GROUNDS (Ensures compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2511.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Sheehan — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-19** 04/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed 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/d5392eb7-47e1-4891-ae2c-fb6f59209954`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).