---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998"
description: "Provides that mobile and manufactured homes be included as affordable housing under certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2993"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2993 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Lombardi", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-16"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6441d03-0058-483a-b9da-5a06a5934dd7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e23aa675af41821a24206f2d4857d9999d21e44764adfb708ea73c4a2483e699"
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 2993 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING RESOURCES ACT OF 1998

Provides that mobile and manufactured homes be included as affordable housing under certain conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **2993 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2993aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2024)
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed 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/b6441d03-0058-483a-b9da-5a06a5934dd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).