---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
description: "Provides amendments to the requirements of the inclusionary zoning law for affordable housing development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7948"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7948 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Fellela", "Shanley", "Solomon", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1256df05-28af-4e0a-8b4b-92126304db48"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "757fd310b7c33893ef96616b7cad544d363667997262f5ac4ee101f25a2e066c"
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 7948 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES

Provides amendments to the requirements of the inclusionary zoning law for affordable housing development.

## Version chain

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

1. **7948 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7948A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2024)
- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2024)
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/1256df05-28af-4e0a-8b4b-92126304db48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).