---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWN AND CITIES -- MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS (Repeals the selection and organization of a housing board of review for the Town of Westerly.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWN AND CITIES -- MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS (Repeals the selection and organization of a housing board of review for the Town of Westerly.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 8098"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8098 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Westerly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-07-09"
last_action: "2020-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c3ccdb-ac73-4fd6-ab85-7f4864b83c34"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ff17bdceaf15e94fd9abbe76e1bd9b2a20d68c588e9ea318f3360df6e6e6c7f3"
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 HB 8098 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWN AND CITIES -- MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS (Repeals the selection and organization of a housing board of review for the Town of Westerly.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8098** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H8098.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-09** 07/09/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-10** 07/10/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/14/2020)
- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House read and passed `passage`
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-25** 07/25/2020 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07c3ccdb-ac73-4fd6-ab85-7f4864b83c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).