---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires written notice of public hearing to all real property owners when proposed zoning amendment seeks to merge lots of those owners.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires written notice of public hearing to all real property owners when proposed zoning amendment seeks to merge lots of those owners.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2412"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2412 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Property", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a789c362-14ac-4d30-8ddb-9a0b30539865"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "82751bb27e9e5caea999ee66c5149b27a417966a7185359495bf3e6e5c243f46"
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 2412 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires written notice of public hearing to all real property owners when proposed zoning amendment seeks to merge lots of those owners.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2412 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2412aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Meeting postponed (03/07/2018)
- **2018-03-07** 03/07/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2018)
- **2018-03-14** 03/14/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed 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/a789c362-14ac-4d30-8ddb-9a0b30539865`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).