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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires that when a proposed text amendment to a zoning ordinance would cause a conforming lot of record to become nonconforming by lot area and/or frontage.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires that when a proposed text amendment to a zoning ordinance would cause a conforming lot of record to become nonconforming by lot area and/or frontage.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7767"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7767 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Open Meetings", "Property", "Zoning"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Cunha", "Morin", "Shanley", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-28"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f125e3f2-bfde-4f23-a2b9-342d4e47d0b5"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "2e9e1b57bf04772a2450cd147df17fa50412bf910208998260b2561628f3251e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 7767 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires that when a proposed text amendment to a zoning ordinance would cause a conforming lot of record to become nonconforming by lot area and/or frontage.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7767 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7767Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **68–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barros — primary (person)
+- Cunha — primary (person)
+- Morin — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2018)
+- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/03/2018)
+- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2018)
+- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f125e3f2-bfde-4f23-a2b9-342d4e47d0b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+