---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Allows the town of Bristol to appoint a second auxiliary member to its historical district commission.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Allows the town of Bristol to appoint a second auxiliary member to its historical district commission.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 114"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 114 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bristol", "Cities & Towns", "Commissions", "Historical Sites"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Lauria", "Ujifusa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1daacb61-08ee-4eca-8cd2-beba048aad87"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3f64070a16cd3ec0e3badf8d652f1860988af515fb457ca3b97cf17b5ea5b349"
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 114 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HISTORICAL AREA ZONING (Allows the town of Bristol to appoint a second auxiliary member to its historical district commission.)

## Version chain

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

1. **114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0114.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-09** 03/09/2023 Meeting postponed (03/09/2023)
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/21/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/04/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 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/1daacb61-08ee-4eca-8cd2-beba048aad87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).