---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires that when a proposed text amendment to a zoning ordinance would cause a conforming lot of record to become nonconforming by lot area and/or frontage.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires that when a proposed text amendment to a zoning ordinance would cause a conforming lot of record to become nonconforming by lot area and/or frontage.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7767"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7767 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Open Meetings", "Property", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Cunha", "Morin", "Shanley", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f125e3f2-bfde-4f23-a2b9-342d4e47d0b5"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2e9e1b57bf04772a2450cd147df17fa50412bf910208998260b2561628f3251e"
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 7767 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires that when a proposed text amendment to a zoning ordinance would cause a conforming lot of record to become nonconforming by lot area and/or frontage.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7767 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7767Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **68–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Cunha — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2018)
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/03/2018)
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2018)
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/f125e3f2-bfde-4f23-a2b9-342d4e47d0b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).