---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
description: "Provides guidelines regarding placing restrictions on residential recovery houses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2575"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2575 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Burke", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d47c1ad0-ebaa-44c4-9da5-4007292528f2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f412a959917a32f7c3f0f30e851818a51560d851c9772aa3b4af9bf3a2d00e35"
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 2575 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES

Provides guidelines regarding placing restrictions on residential recovery houses.

## Version chain

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

1. **2575 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2575A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **48–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** 02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** 03/09/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Meeting postponed (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Meeting postponed (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/03/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/d47c1ad0-ebaa-44c4-9da5-4007292528f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).