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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows town of Narragansett to sell highway or driftway to abutting owner at fair market value.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows town of Narragansett to sell highway or driftway to 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: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 5597"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5597 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Highways", "Land/Landfills", "Narragansett", "Property"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["McEntee", "Tanzi"]
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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: "2023-02-15"
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last_action: "2023-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb07958d-9012-41a9-a7eb-7e1f4c70ec76"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f62f487df41a0fa1bd9e522d3a2acc3a6f6658ce6bb442512dc9369423fc22f7"
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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 5597 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- ABANDONMENT BY TOWNS (Allows town of Narragansett to sell highway or driftway to 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. **5597** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5597.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **65–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2023)
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- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/23/2023)
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- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/29/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/fb07958d-9012-41a9-a7eb-7e1f4c70ec76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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