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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
+description: "Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7062"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7062 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Henries", "McGaw", "Shekarchi", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-01-05"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8355364-af4f-4a86-8ab2-685e8e8ff9f5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "68bd4d1127019f8ffde200eab5b515d45fb9807504392c54b3b491e9b859aa01"
+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 7062 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
+
+Amends several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7062 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7062A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **8–54** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **10–52** (fail) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–7** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **55–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Henries — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/25/2024)
+- **2024-01-25** 01/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (02/01/2024)
+- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Placed on House Calendar (02/14/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-14** 02/14/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/e8355364-af4f-4a86-8ab2-685e8e8ff9f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+