---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RELOCATION OF UTILITY SERVICES (Amends the formula used to reimburse a utility facility or company for the cost of relocation necessitated by highway construction.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RELOCATION OF UTILITY SERVICES (Amends the formula used to reimburse a utility facility or company for the cost of relocation necessitated by highway construction.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2771"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2771 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-24"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaab0034-22df-4aec-9572-ec5718900681"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1a032dfa60329dc203e4577e44af1c8b3f5413d8ee0c0eea54a973ce8cee808e"
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 2771 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RELOCATION OF UTILITY SERVICES (Amends the formula used to reimburse a utility facility or company for the cost of relocation necessitated by highway construction.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2771** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2771.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/aaab0034-22df-4aec-9572-ec5718900681`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).