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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SMITHFIELD LAND TRUST (Amends the public law establishing the Smithfield Land Trust by requiring a four-fifths (4/5) affirmative vote of the town council to dispose of land that no longer meets the needs of the trust.)"
description: "AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SMITHFIELD LAND TRUST (Amends the public law establishing the Smithfield Land Trust by requiring a four-fifths (4/5) affirmative vote of the town council to dispose of land that no longer meets the needs of the trust.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6444"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6444 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Land/Landfills", "Smithfield"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardillo", "Costantino", "Hawkins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-17"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1ba549a-1aff-4db3-b3e8-529a88bf1418"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a9954ce165deb907ba7fb1f086365140eba36033e55187dc0750797cb0b4ad0a"
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 6444 (2021) — AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SMITHFIELD LAND TRUST (Amends the public law establishing the Smithfield Land Trust by requiring a four-fifths (4/5) affirmative vote of the town council to dispose of land that no longer meets the needs of the trust.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6444.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **640** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Hawkins — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/f1ba549a-1aff-4db3-b3e8-529a88bf1418`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).