---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES--ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW (Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to enact a local ordinance which increases the number of alternates on their zoning board of review from two (2) to three (3).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES--ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW (Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to enact a local ordinance which increases the number of alternates on their zoning board of review from two (2) to three (3).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7315"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7315 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Filippi", "Fogarty", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02c3c1e1-306d-40a4-9197-e990e09f5d91"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "261cb136f6cb6a1e780b91f72bc4ce16c6d0178185f29f3474daa40572c36d3c"
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 7315 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES--ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW (Authorizes the town of South Kingstown to enact a local ordinance which increases the number of alternates on their zoning board of review from two (2) to three (3).)

## Version chain

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

1. **7315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7315.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Filippi — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** 02/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/16/2022)
- **2022-02-16** 02/16/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2022)
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 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/02c3c1e1-306d-40a4-9197-e990e09f5d91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).