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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES"
+description: "Makes several amendments relative to manufactured homes, including adding a definition for manufactured home and a provision allowing for certain manufactured homes to be considered a single-family home if on a lot zone for such use."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7980"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7980 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Blazejewski", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Cruz", "Morales", "Shekarchi", "Solomon", "Speakman", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-03-05"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42cffc21-426e-48a9-93e4-c369e5729df8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ea39c47cab552fee99fb929aa7cfde938e74d5229a7ffc90fa336da871670e78"
+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 7980 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES
+
+Makes several amendments relative to manufactured homes, including adding a definition for manufactured home and a provision allowing for certain manufactured homes to be considered a single-family home if on a lot zone for such use.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7980 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7980Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2024)
+- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2024)
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `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 as amended (floor amendment) `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 as amended 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/42cffc21-426e-48a9-93e4-c369e5729df8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+