---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Extends the moratorium on penalties related to COVID-19 modifications to food business or food service establishments to February 15, 2024.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Extends the moratorium on penalties related to COVID-19 modifications to food business or food service establishments to February 15, 2024.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 683"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 683 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "COVID-19", "Cities & Towns", "Food and Drugs", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-17"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03a7116b-4fa6-4068-8cda-4d94151ff3ef"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d997b48b7293b97f7ee646d17561a6c0395b783ce5797b6b95cd3b16e91362e4"
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 683 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Extends the moratorium on penalties related to COVID-19 modifications to food business or food service establishments to February 15, 2024.)

## Version chain

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

1. **683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0683.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/28/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/29/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 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/03a7116b-4fa6-4068-8cda-4d94151ff3ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).