---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Requires public building/place of public accommodation to have single-user toilet facility for use by any gender eff. 1/1/22/ new construction/ renovations over 50% value of state/municipal buildings provide for single-user toilet eff. 1/1/22.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Requires public building/place of public accommodation to have single-user toilet facility for use by any gender eff. 1/1/22/ new construction/ renovations over 50% value of state/municipal buildings provide for single-user toilet eff. 1/1/22.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 755"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 755 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Construction", "Health & Safety", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/891691ea-b56d-4f45-bea6-7f9e0c943639"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9bca099d71706711b6ead5b3607557b6ce00c3ec0cd5916f9e5e39c3c34d1596"
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 755 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE (Requires public building/place of public accommodation to have single-user toilet facility for use by any gender eff. 1/1/22/ new construction/ renovations over 50% value of state/municipal buildings provide for single-user toilet eff. 1/1/22.)

## Version chain

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

1. **755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0755.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2021)
- **2021-05-24** 05/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 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/891691ea-b56d-4f45-bea6-7f9e0c943639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).