---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING"
description: "Authorizes the establishment of a RI housing champion designation program. This program would make qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 495"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 495 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Gu", "Kallman", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b26e52c-8666-4f91-a73e-bf79008f06fe"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2c3e2948e1c0e6c1b68f5a69baf469962508c8289ee1e1214db8ff62474460f5"
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 495 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

Authorizes the establishment of a RI housing champion designation program. This program would make qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available.

## Version chain

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

1. **495 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0495Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **64–8** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2025)
- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2025)
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate 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/1b26e52c-8666-4f91-a73e-bf79008f06fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).