---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Expands the definition of \"family member\" for purposes of zoning ordinances.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Expands the definition of \"family member\" for purposes of zoning ordinances.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 691"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 691 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building Code", "Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba8ca72-3089-4ca8-8b3a-cb7b4776613e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5217f1bc4b7818d970973eebc59674a1e979ac5de7ed31deaddf2f66505eb0a5"
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 691 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ZONING ORDINANCES (Expands the definition of "family member" for purposes of zoning ordinances.)

## Version chain

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

1. **691 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0691A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2019)
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2019)
- **2019-05-02** 05/02/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/0ba8ca72-3089-4ca8-8b3a-cb7b4776613e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).