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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
+description: "Removes basement area from the calculation of floor area ratios in relation to the provisions that a zoning ordinance may address."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7324"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7324 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Edwards", "Finkelman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-26"
+last_action: "2024-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c62e36be-2ab3-4efc-b1c9-f3cc20911d95"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f428092fa04cabd86d77168866dab48a86908538d16066732eca26fec9ae73e3"
+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 7324 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
+
+Removes basement area from the calculation of floor area ratios in relation to the provisions that a zoning ordinance may address.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7324 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7324A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2024)
+- **2024-02-14** 02/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/23/2024)
+- **2024-04-22** 04/22/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2024)
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c62e36be-2ab3-4efc-b1c9-f3cc20911d95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+