---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2088"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2088 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Pearson", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b93d337-94f5-4f9e-bc03-0d1fe00ddaac"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1f88234ff436648397b37bf963254c9626d9db063d1b44130f9de823bf06abd7"
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 2088 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2088** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2088.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
- ZONING ORDINANCES — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** 02/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2022)
- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** 03/08/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/10/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/31/2022)
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 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/9b93d337-94f5-4f9e-bc03-0d1fe00ddaac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).