---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Permits multi-family rental apartment units to be built as part of a comprehensive plan and to be included in the calculation of low or moderate income housing.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Permits multi-family rental apartment units to be built as part of a comprehensive plan and to be included in the calculation of low or moderate income housing.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 3044"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3044 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-20"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b84f0296-483d-4eef-b53f-ddf47065edee"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "46ed2f83daad3878b50774aaea3d357ae448a90eb8135a0f4fc84232c4518d3d"
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 3044 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Permits multi-family rental apartment units to be built as part of a comprehensive plan and to be included in the calculation of low or moderate income housing.)

## Version chain

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

1. **3044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S3044.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/b84f0296-483d-4eef-b53f-ddf47065edee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).