---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES"
description: "Makes several amendments relative to manufactured homes, including adding a definition for manufactured home and a provision allowing for certain manufactured homes to be considered a single-family home if on a lot zone for such use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7980"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7980 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Blazejewski", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Cruz", "Morales", "Shekarchi", "Solomon", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42cffc21-426e-48a9-93e4-c369e5729df8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ea39c47cab552fee99fb929aa7cfde938e74d5229a7ffc90fa336da871670e78"
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 7980 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES

Makes several amendments relative to manufactured homes, including adding a definition for manufactured home and a provision allowing for certain manufactured homes to be considered a single-family home if on a lot zone for such use.

## Version chain

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

1. **7980 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7980Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2024)
- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2024)
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `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 as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 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/42cffc21-426e-48a9-93e4-c369e5729df8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).