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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Creates a voluntary mechanism for municipalities to use to dedicate a park, conservation or other land they own as public trust land in perpetuity to protect and preserve its future use.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Creates a voluntary mechanism for municipalities to use to dedicate a park, conservation or other land they own as public trust land in perpetuity to protect and preserve its future use.)"
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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 5259"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5259 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Parks"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-29"
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last_action: "2021-07-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f2e49bd-0d40-41a3-ba7c-a22462714b92"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "8af76c603f85e94af553c535b47192bfb11b473323bc7076f0b0bc319a60156f"
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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 5259 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Creates a voluntary mechanism for municipalities to use to dedicate a park, conservation or other land they own as public trust land in perpetuity to protect and preserve its future use.)
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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. **5259 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5259A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2021)
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- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
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- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
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- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
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- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
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- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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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/0f2e49bd-0d40-41a3-ba7c-a22462714b92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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