---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS"
description: "Extends the current provisions relative to certain rights of innkeepers and eliminates the sunsetting of such sections thereby preserving the law as it currently exists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2271"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2271 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "Felag", "Lombardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b63e49b-a4a9-48ed-98a1-3ddcb2521721"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ca6e1bc0d354ec0b825574a39157c9bc17b5638fc7adb2aeffebe7cb5d8b42db"
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 2271 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS

Extends the current provisions relative to certain rights of innkeepers and eliminates the sunsetting of such sections thereby preserving the law as it currently exists.

## Version chain

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

1. **2271 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2271aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **58–6** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Referred to House Committee on Small Business `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/1b63e49b-a4a9-48ed-98a1-3ddcb2521721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).