---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY"
description: "Provides that energy storage systems located on abandoned or contaminated property be permitted by right as a permitted use and not considered to have negative environmental impacts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2800"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2800 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "LaMountain"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b31cbae9-a132-4d12-907d-2b9bf92750d4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "140c27521b9a1e5aade6dc3afe6a01742d651ca8ffcb7b958e209cfae4a87363"
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 2800 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY

Provides that energy storage systems located on abandoned or contaminated property be permitted by right as a permitted use and not considered to have negative environmental impacts.

## Version chain

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

1. **2800 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2800Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2026)
- **2026-05-11** 05/11/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-13** 05/13/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2026)
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/b31cbae9-a132-4d12-907d-2b9bf92750d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).