---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Amends certain notification procedures relating to comprehensive planning and land use, subdivision of land and zoning ordinances.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Amends certain notification procedures relating to comprehensive planning and land use, subdivision of land and zoning ordinances.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6086"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6086 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Housing", "Land/Landfills", "Property", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Cardillo", "Casey", "Corvese", "Hull", "J. Brien", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/284cf0b5-2b50-43a8-bdc6-ae9312cea18c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "90b484ebca8f638b09de7f938c9198fadb91e63e5308f7496d9721497041a447"
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 6086 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Amends certain notification procedures relating to comprehensive planning and land use, subdivision of land and zoning ordinances.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6086 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6086A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **9–57** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- J. Brien — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Phillips — 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`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2023)
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **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/284cf0b5-2b50-43a8-bdc6-ae9312cea18c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).