---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides that adaptive reuse for the conversion of commercial property into residential or mixed-use developments shall be a permitted use and allowable by specific and objective provisions of a zoning ordinance, subject to certain restrictions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides that adaptive reuse for the conversion of commercial property into residential or mixed-use developments shall be a permitted use and allowable by specific and objective provisions of a zoning ordinance, subject to certain restrictions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6090"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6090 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Housing", "Land/Landfills", "Property", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Donovan", "McNamara", "Shallcross Smith", "Shekarchi", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dc1a1c9-10af-4f8b-bb3a-38ed48bbbdf2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "05478d61afb06e9eb102fa4079ac3dac7aff5acecb63b287f1331097da8a6b00"
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 6090 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides that adaptive reuse for the conversion of commercial property into residential or mixed-use developments shall be a permitted use and allowable by specific and objective provisions of a zoning ordinance, subject to certain restrictions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6090 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6090A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Tanzi — 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`
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `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/3dc1a1c9-10af-4f8b-bb3a-38ed48bbbdf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).