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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
+description: "Adds a definition for \"co-living housing\" to the zoning ordinance provisions of the general laws and would include such housing as a special provision to be included in a zoning ordinance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 1085"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 1085 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Gu"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-05-23"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c853c79-d172-4deb-b0b6-e4fe4b85ebb8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7fdd5f1b41de395600db81a47069567bc1f79d35fee0e77641e9997d90e452d6"
+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 1085 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
+
+Adds a definition for "co-living housing" to the zoning ordinance provisions of the general laws and would include such housing as a special provision to be included in a zoning ordinance.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **1085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1085.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **25–10** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2025)
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/3c853c79-d172-4deb-b0b6-e4fe4b85ebb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+