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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/sb-2994.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
+description: "Amends provisions relative to the application of zoning ordinances pertaining to wetland buffers to projects for development, redevelopment, construction or rehabilitation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2994"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2994 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "McKenney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-04-16"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19a09428-9594-4aae-8faf-390787f46032"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1982cd6d58259690bf11319d98788dc80533c9540af7f43bf01571819e57e4ea"
+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 2994 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
+
+Amends provisions relative to the application of zoning ordinances pertaining to wetland buffers to projects for development, redevelopment, construction or rehabilitation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2994.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **23–14** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2024)
+- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed 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/19a09428-9594-4aae-8faf-390787f46032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+