---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT"
description: "Establishes standards governing the municipal regulation of outdoor dining at food service establishments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2028"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2028 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "Lawson", "Lombardi", "Murray", "Pearson", "Raptakis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-02-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/300c5cf1-cd9d-4515-a461-eba4f93d7403"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ff8b18845882d6f19e2e2ddf185ab9f0a0dec820d14cb70d7df3d4d32933ba3e"
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 2028 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT

Establishes standards governing the municipal regulation of outdoor dining at food service establishments.

## Version chain

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

1. **2028 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2028A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ITEM 2 24-S 2028 SUB A — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/16/2024)
- **2024-01-16** 01/16/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (01/31/2024)
- **2024-01-29** 01/29/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** 01/31/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/08/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Placed on House Calendar (02/08/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 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/300c5cf1-cd9d-4515-a461-eba4f93d7403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).