RI SB 2798
deadAN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND COORDINATE SYSTEM
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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
- 2026-03-04
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-06-10 — 06/10/2026 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Dimitriprimary
- Appollonioprimary
- Thompsonprimary
- Famigliettiprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-03-04
03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
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2026-03-27
03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
2026-03-27
03/27/2026 Meeting postponed (04/01/2026)
2026-04-03
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2026)
2026-04-08
04/08/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2026-05-29
05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
2026-06-02
06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage
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2026-06-02
06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026)
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2026-06-10
06/10/2026 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment)
passage
Versions
- 2798 as amendedCompare
Documents
Votes
Passage
2026-06-10 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Acosta: yes
- Appollonio, Jr.: yes
- Bell: yes
- Bissaillon: other
- Britto: yes
- Burke: yes
- Ciccone: yes
- de la Cruz: yes
- DiMario: yes
- Dimitri: yes
- DiPalma: yes
- Euer: yes
- Famiglietti: yes
- Felag: yes
- Gallo: yes
- Gu: yes
- Kallman: yes
- LaMountain: yes
- Lauria: yes
- Mack: yes
- McKenney: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Murray: yes
- Paolino: yes
- Patalano: yes
- Pearson: yes
- Quezada: yes
- Raptakis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Sosnowski: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tikoian: yes
- Ujifusa: yes
- Urso: yes
- Valverde: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Zurier: yes
- Madam President: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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