---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Expands definition of public buildings under Green Building Act to include buildings in any subdivision of state, and include private major facility projects; mandates public reports for all such projects.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Expands definition of public buildings under Green Building Act to include buildings in any subdivision of state, and include private major facility projects; mandates public reports for all such projects.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2700"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2700 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Kallman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-17"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a249371a-853f-4c27-a665-846460d84b7a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e173739ae3c11f50e9f5d9ab489b23260929d6ed585d6116b31cc8c0a665031a"
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 2700 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- THE GREEN BUILDINGS ACT (Expands definition of public buildings under Green Building Act to include buildings in any subdivision of state, and include private major facility projects; mandates public reports for all such projects.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2700 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2700Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- BUILDINGS ACT — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BUILDINGS ACT — **33–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-17** 03/17/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2022)
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-05-16** 05/16/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/17/2022)
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Meeting postponed (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/a249371a-853f-4c27-a665-846460d84b7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).