---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Amends several sections of law relating to low-and moderate-income housing and the application, appeal, and judicial review process.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Amends several sections of law relating to low-and moderate-income housing and the application, appeal, and judicial review process.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6083"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6083 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Construction", "Courts", "Housing", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Hull", "McNamara", "Noret", "Shallcross Smith", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13f9d11a-6c29-4c7c-96d7-783fce60b30b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0664dcc0ba4fef681c82c668ed2adb0d6ebf1bbc4411b86f07502d9901168125"
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 6083 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Amends several sections of law relating to low-and moderate-income housing and the application, appeal, and judicial review process.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6083 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6083A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/13f9d11a-6c29-4c7c-96d7-783fce60b30b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).