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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Extends the moratorium on penalties related to COVID-19 modifications to food business or food service establishments to February 15, 2024.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Extends the moratorium on penalties related to COVID-19 modifications to food business or food service establishments to February 15, 2024.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5264"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5264 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "COVID-19", "Cities & Towns", "Food and Drugs", "Zoning"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Craven", "Dawson", "Finkelman", "McEntee", "Morales", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-27"
+last_action: "2023-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cb7e3d0-b8a2-4f07-9865-d0476d5aa434"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f8fe2bd9464145f34641f366fe3962f2b9f1de39dc429aa98997d41e754f228b"
+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 5264 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Extends the moratorium on penalties related to COVID-19 modifications to food business or food service establishments to February 15, 2024.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5264 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5264A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-27** 01/27/2023 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2023)
+- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2023)
+- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/16/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/28/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 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/6cb7e3d0-b8a2-4f07-9865-d0476d5aa434`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+