---
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: "SB 1038"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1038 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Housing", "Land/Landfills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c012769-1b9b-4be4-836b-96381385c6dd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5e93054534b229a95e765f79a31b5270fa34685fbdf2657351d2496ea2b24b22"
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 1038 (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. **1038 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1038A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House 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/1c012769-1b9b-4be4-836b-96381385c6dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).