---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
description: "Adds a definition for \"co-living housing\" to the zoning ordinance provisions of the general laws and would include such housing as a special provision to be included in a zoning ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1085"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1085 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Gu"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-23"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c853c79-d172-4deb-b0b6-e4fe4b85ebb8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7fdd5f1b41de395600db81a47069567bc1f79d35fee0e77641e9997d90e452d6"
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 1085 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES

Adds a definition for "co-living housing" to the zoning ordinance provisions of the general laws and would include such housing as a special provision to be included in a zoning ordinance.

## Version chain

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

1. **1085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1085.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2025)
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/3c853c79-d172-4deb-b0b6-e4fe4b85ebb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).