---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE"
description: "Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1089"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1089 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "Mack"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-23"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9504605-4cdd-4390-a455-9c392ee7408a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6a839b5acb8196d8e35bf75a5fa591d907357d3aedac9a4b4ae321891c77b11a"
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 1089 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE

Amends the composition of the building code standards committee and would make several technical amendments relative to the building code office and would establish a state building code office within the office of state fire marshal.

## Version chain

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

1. **1089 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1089Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Mack — 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)
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/c9504605-4cdd-4390-a455-9c392ee7408a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).