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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING"
+description: "Amends the definition of \"low and moderate income housing\" to include housing secured by a federal government voucher or subsidy."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2089"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2089 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Lombardo", "Picard", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-01-12"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cace513-1bcb-4c67-ac66-4f12096eb5fa"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9b6555dfaebad6b87ce602afb63d533cc96939d756b5410b3386e161df0fe4b8"
+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 2089 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
+
+Amends the definition of "low and moderate income housing" to include housing secured by a federal government voucher or subsidy.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2089 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2089aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **63–6** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2024)
+- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2024)
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed 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/3cace513-1bcb-4c67-ac66-4f12096eb5fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+