AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- FARMLAND PRESERVATION ACT

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Prohibits any city, town, quasi-municipal corporation or public corporation from assessing any existing agricultural operation or agricultural land for the extension of any water utilities past the property and from imposing any connection fee.

Chamber: House
Introduced: Jun 4, 2026
Last action: Jun 4, 2026 — 06/04/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
Sponsor: Megan Cotter D
Session: 2026
Momentum: 32 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 11%, measured from RI's completed sessions
Momentum -4 32/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -18 128 days quiet
Cosponsors +4 3 signed on
Sponsor influence -3 21/100

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