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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows the town of Cumberland upon request to sell the highway or driftway to the abutting owner at fair value.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows the town of Cumberland upon request to sell the highway or driftway to the abutting owner at fair value.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 2654"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2654 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pearson", "Picard"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-10"
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last_action: "2022-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6562f2ea-a68c-4126-87e3-8fa133e7e00e"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "1d73eeace7b0a9b888241683a8937089fcc8f156d6b206180cc4a708e3709380"
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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 SB 2654 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows the town of Cumberland upon request to sell the highway or driftway to the abutting owner at fair 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. **2654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2654.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS — **33–4** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Picard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
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- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2022-04-25** 04/25/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2022)
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- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2022)
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- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 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/6562f2ea-a68c-4126-87e3-8fa133e7e00e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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