RI HB 7873
died on adjournmentAN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND COORDINATE SYSTEM
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did RI HB 7873 pass?
No. RI HB 7873 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-06-02): 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
What is RI HB 7873 about?
Updates the RI coordinate system to adopt the most recent system of plane coordinates established by the NGS, a federal agency which is part of NOAA and the USDC. Modifies the meter to foot conversion to adopt the international foot to provide uniformity.
Who sponsors RI HB 7873?
Handy is the primary sponsor of RI HB 7873.
Description
Updates the RI coordinate system to adopt the most recent system of plane coordinates established by the NGS, a federal agency which is part of NOAA and the USDC. Modifies the meter to foot conversion to adopt the international foot to provide uniformity.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-27
- Latest action
- 2026-06-02 — 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Handyprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-02
06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
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2026-05-29
05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
2026-05-01
05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
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2026-04-14
04/14/2026 House read and passed
passage
2026-04-10
04/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/14/2026)
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2026-04-02
04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage
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2026-03-27
03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
2026-03-12
03/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2026-03-06
03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
2026-02-27
02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
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Versions
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Documents
Votes
PASSAGE
2026-04-14 · pass · 70-0
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: yes
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: yes
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: yes
- Batista: other
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: yes
- Blazejewski: other
- Boylan: yes
- Brien: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: other
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: yes
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Dawson: yes
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: yes
- Fascia: yes
- Felix: yes
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: yes
- Fogarty: yes
- Furtado: yes
- Giraldo: yes
- Handy: yes
- Hopkins: yes
- Hull: yes
- Kazarian: yes
- Kennedy: yes
- Kislak: yes
- Knight: yes
- Lima: other
- Lombardi: yes
- Marszalkowski: yes
- McEntee: yes
- McGaw: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: yes
- Newberry: yes
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Paplauskas: yes
- Perez: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Place: yes
- Potter: yes
- Quattrocchi: other
- Read: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Santucci: yes
- Serpa: yes
- ShallcrossSmith: yes
- Shanley: yes
- Slater: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Speakman: yes
- Spears: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Tanzi: yes
- Voas: yes
Related bills
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