---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - JOHNSTON PLANNING BOARD (Authorizes the Johnston town council to add two (2) alternate members to its planning board.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - JOHNSTON PLANNING BOARD (Authorizes the Johnston town council to add two (2) alternate members to its planning board.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 150"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 150 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d86e0a3-1fdd-4724-b2a8-91ef8f7baf42"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5aa99e9b7ac056ff0f72456baa43b7909371b2028fd70f1dc5a195600cdda2a7"
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 150 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - JOHNSTON PLANNING BOARD (Authorizes the Johnston town council to add two (2) alternate members to its planning board.)

## Version chain

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

1. **150 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0150aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** 01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** 02/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2019)
- **2019-02-28** 02/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/07/2019)
- **2019-03-07** 03/07/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d86e0a3-1fdd-4724-b2a8-91ef8f7baf42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).