---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE -- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT"
description: "Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAFE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3301"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3301 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Mack"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-05-15"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b05b752-abcd-4aaa-acb9-44c4a3c3819b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "bdd988048119e6a264b7abb109f4ad7f6840ce8bfc5ea9b20ff44a191029bd99"
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 3301 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE -- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAFE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes.

## Version chain

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

1. **3301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3301.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/6b05b752-abcd-4aaa-acb9-44c4a3c3819b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).