---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows the town of Cumberland upon request to sell the highway or driftway to the abutting owner at fair value.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows the town of Cumberland upon request to sell the highway or driftway to the abutting owner at fair value.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7952"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7952 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Marszalkowski", "McLaughlin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-07"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2d49dc1-7b72-4b87-a752-6f40e87a8b13"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "832b8fb37c793a6b1627404191081bedd9f777d1ee8cce7640bfcf7a88155a91"
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 7952 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows the town of Cumberland upon request to sell the highway or driftway to the abutting owner at fair value.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7952.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07** 03/07/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2022)
- **2022-03-17** 03/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2022)
- **2022-03-31** 03/31/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 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/f2d49dc1-7b72-4b87-a752-6f40e87a8b13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).