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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2907"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2907 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Buses", "Public Officers", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-17"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa592608-469c-4f81-a7c0-b6c360e2dc3e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6c34e20279d67d551e833583d68f8f57a39f7241b989456c0e44ec029365df79"
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 2907 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2907** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2907.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **680** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Goodwin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/fa592608-469c-4f81-a7c0-b6c360e2dc3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).