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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY"
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description: "Provides that energy storage systems located on abandoned or contaminated property be permitted by right as a permitted use and not considered to have negative environmental impacts."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2800"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2800 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "LaMountain"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-03-04"
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last_action: "2026-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b31cbae9-a132-4d12-907d-2b9bf92750d4"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "140c27521b9a1e5aade6dc3afe6a01742d651ca8ffcb7b958e209cfae4a87363"
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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 2800 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ABANDONED PROPERTY
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Provides that energy storage systems located on abandoned or contaminated property be permitted by right as a permitted use and not considered to have negative environmental impacts.
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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. **2800 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2800Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage as Amended — **33–4** (pass) · upper
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- Approval of Amendment — **35–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)
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- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2026)
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- **2026-05-11** 05/11/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-13** 05/13/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2026)
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/b31cbae9-a132-4d12-907d-2b9bf92750d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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