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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Requires electric vehicle parking spaces in new and expanded parking lots.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Requires electric vehicle parking spaces in new and expanded parking lots.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 988"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 988 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "F. Lombardi", "Gu", "Lombardo", "Pearson", "Ruggerio", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-05-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f9f6538-1ad7-4b90-ab2d-3b8b23ae14b7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6ce58b1acf7181affe0c2930482362d6e67f8f2e0e493acc03fc91d30e6cb84c"
+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 SB 988 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Requires electric vehicle parking spaces in new and expanded parking lots.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **988 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0988aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **53–12** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–1** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **28–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2023)
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/0f9f6538-1ad7-4b90-ab2d-3b8b23ae14b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+