---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Requires electric vehicle parking spaces in new and expanded parking lots.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Requires electric vehicle parking spaces in new and expanded parking lots.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 988"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 988 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "F. Lombardi", "Gu", "Lombardo", "Pearson", "Ruggerio", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f9f6538-1ad7-4b90-ab2d-3b8b23ae14b7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6ce58b1acf7181affe0c2930482362d6e67f8f2e0e493acc03fc91d30e6cb84c"
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 988 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND PRIVILEGES (Requires electric vehicle parking spaces in new and expanded parking lots.)

## Version chain

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

1. **988 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0988aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **53–12** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–1** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `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`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/0f9f6538-1ad7-4b90-ab2d-3b8b23ae14b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).