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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING"
+description: "Amends several definitions relating to low- or moderate-income housing as well as the procedure for the approval of low- or moderate-income housing."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5801"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5801 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Casey", "Dawson", "Donovan", "Furtado", "Kislak", "Speakman", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e0a316c-214d-46d9-8e61-9dbbccbfcd7d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0573989577398c077225d67543ce739b45e97106524049831f0cb89afcc9259f"
+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 5801 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
+
+Amends several definitions relating to low- or moderate-income housing as well as the procedure for the approval of low- or moderate-income housing.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5801 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5801A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **58–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2025)
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/06/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/4e0a316c-214d-46d9-8e61-9dbbccbfcd7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+