Fabio
70 lines
3.5 KiB
Markdown
70 lines
3.5 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the DOT can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to section 1-2-3.1.)"
|
||
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the DOT can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to section 1-2-3.1.)"
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
|
||
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2021"
|
||
identifier: "SB 259"
|
||
citation: "Rhode Island SB 259 (2021)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: ["Airports", "Land/Landfills", "Zoning"]
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Seveney", "Sosnowski"]
|
||
version_count: 1
|
||
action_count: 13
|
||
vote_count: 2
|
||
first_action: "2021-02-10"
|
||
last_action: "2021-07-12"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed699338-aa21-43aa-8b9b-d67a8a38f026"
|
||
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
|
||
source_hash: "dcfb7ea2d42898d169cff8bb1a8d76dcbcccd833d8e3b917c9c1b0df3864546c"
|
||
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 259 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS (Adds airspace to the land the DOT can acquire that is necessary for a suitable airport or to preserve, maintain, or restore approach. Additionally this act would add the term “Approach, approach zone, approaches” to section 1-2-3.1.)
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **259 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0259aa.pdf)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- Passage as Amended — **28–8** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Approval of Amendment — **31–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Seveney — primary (person)
|
||
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
|
||
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2021)
|
||
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
|
||
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration
|
||
- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Meeting postponed (05/13/2021)
|
||
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
|
||
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
|
||
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
|
||
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
|
||
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
|
||
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 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/ed699338-aa21-43aa-8b9b-d67a8a38f026`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
|
||
|