---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides that adaptive reuse for the conversion of commercial property into residential or mixed-use developments shall be a permitted use and allowable by specific and objective provisions of a zoning ordinance, subject to certain restrictions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides that adaptive reuse for the conversion of commercial property into residential or mixed-use developments shall be a permitted use and allowable by specific and objective provisions of a zoning ordinance, subject to certain restrictions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1035"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1035 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Housing", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Kallman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b6a75c6-d308-45ec-9e1b-34b4ec4713a6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b253f46b9fbeea2c86ab34dbaac15c45f233fc465666974979dbe93c46a9145b"
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 1035 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides that adaptive reuse for the conversion of commercial property into residential or mixed-use developments shall be a permitted use and allowable by specific and objective provisions of a zoning ordinance, subject to certain restrictions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1035 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1035A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **27–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/5b6a75c6-d308-45ec-9e1b-34b4ec4713a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).