---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS"
description: "Authorizes the town of Cumberland to require the registration of certain business entities not registered with the secretary of state that are situated in Cumberland."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2878"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2878 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10da8a0e-4c21-4620-b539-301f3d8c7e92"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "668abbb3ffaa383cff45b5a102bf4f218084852b9678a9a4be842ecb86649d3d"
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 2878 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS

Authorizes the town of Cumberland to require the registration of certain business entities not registered with the secretary of state that are situated in Cumberland.

## Version chain

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

1. **2878** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2878.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pearson — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2024)
- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/02/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2024)
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 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/10da8a0e-4c21-4620-b539-301f3d8c7e92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).