---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL"
description: "Provides that the legislature would be the body that negotiates on behalf of the state for all activities occurring in, on and over state submerged land extending beyond twenty-five (25) acres."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7677"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7677 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Fogarty", "Kazarian", "McEntee", "Shanley", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f73e746b-94ac-4e66-aeba-0796e5beb80a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "956c7637def63da855acb89ac5aebaeb6d0c16b9e7724076795c7e626fe1ef2a"
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 7677 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Provides that the legislature would be the body that negotiates on behalf of the state for all activities occurring in, on and over state submerged land extending beyond twenty-five (25) acres.

## Version chain

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

1. **7677** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7677.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2026)
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/f73e746b-94ac-4e66-aeba-0796e5beb80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).