---
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: "SB 2336"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2336 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30bd8129-5a8f-4071-9480-9ab696f1f8d5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a385f36f21a81ff68118b47b05e98c6da287531031bd77e57f7f9a6c7b45b5c3"
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 2336 (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. **2336** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2336.pdf)

## Votes

- ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** 02/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2022)
- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** 03/08/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/10/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 House 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/30bd8129-5a8f-4071-9480-9ab696f1f8d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).