---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT (Includes East Providence in the Northern Rhode Island regional tourism district.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT (Includes East Providence in the Northern Rhode Island regional tourism district.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 881"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 881 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "East Providence", "State Affairs", "Taxation", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Lawson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-07"
last_action: "2021-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/937b997d-9146-4e38-9c0a-d282ac9ab699"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a71623c6257e1e7a8b7f79e1a4e36b36727696ce95ed7c339813bbb16ab54c5a"
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 881 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT (Includes East Providence in the Northern Rhode Island regional tourism district.)

## Version chain

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

1. **881** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0881.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/27/2021)
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 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`
- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/937b997d-9146-4e38-9c0a-d282ac9ab699`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).