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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS"
+description: "Extends the current provisions relative to certain rights of innkeepers and eliminates the sunsetting of such sections thereby preserving the law as it currently exists."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2271"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2271 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "Felag", "Lombardi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-02-12"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b63e49b-a4a9-48ed-98a1-3ddcb2521721"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ca6e1bc0d354ec0b825574a39157c9bc17b5638fc7adb2aeffebe7cb5d8b42db"
+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 2271 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS
+
+Extends the current provisions relative to certain rights of innkeepers and eliminates the sunsetting of such sections thereby preserving the law as it currently exists.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2271 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2271aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **35–2** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **58–6** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
+- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Referred to House Committee on Small Business `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/1b63e49b-a4a9-48ed-98a1-3ddcb2521721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+