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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT OF ROADS (Authorizes the town of Middletown, upon receiving a request for the abandonment of a highway from an abutting property owner, to buy the abandoned highway from the abutting owner, at fair market value.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT OF ROADS (Authorizes the town of Middletown, upon receiving a request for the abandonment of a highway from an abutting property owner, to buy the abandoned highway from the abutting owner, at fair market value.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 5127"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5127 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Highways", "Middletown", "Property", "Transportation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Cortvriend", "Ruggiero"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-25"
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last_action: "2021-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20d0dc67-3d26-4f2a-b825-9c142958f824"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "08500cc77323e1a61081f4457d3067796862d96a286549c9d391cd1d333330a8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5127 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT OF ROADS (Authorizes the town of Middletown, upon receiving a request for the abandonment of a highway from an abutting property owner, to buy the abandoned highway from the abutting owner, at fair market value.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5127.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **60–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Abney — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Ruggiero — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-25** 01/25/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-01** 02/01/2021 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
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- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2021)
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- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
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- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
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- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
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- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
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- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20d0dc67-3d26-4f2a-b825-9c142958f824`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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