---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING"
description: "Amends the current law on low-income housing to include moderate-income housing and eliminates the income percentages used to determine qualifications for low or moderate income housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2690"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2690 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "DiMario", "Gu", "Kallman", "Mack", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/650f55c8-0aa6-4c64-8947-f2fa5bc804d8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6d2607ffeaf4ff3d18bf7aa659f53ef157d0f4901f5067285362aec173e2b69a"
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 2690 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING

Amends the current law on low-income housing to include moderate-income housing and eliminates the income percentages used to determine qualifications for low or moderate income housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **2690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2690.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/27/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/650f55c8-0aa6-4c64-8947-f2fa5bc804d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).