---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING"
description: "Amends the definition of \"low- and moderate-income housing\" to include housing secured by a federal government voucher or subsidy, but only if the voucher or subsidy is applied prospectively."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8336"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8336 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Biah", "Diaz", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "Morales", "Perez", "Slater", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-06"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/914cda75-18de-4d05-9803-0394bb6c7fc0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "81830856413397f5bec45c0303fabad85a9d0422ed90b39bdcbfd1ceb57ac2fe"
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 8336 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING

Amends the definition of "low- and moderate-income housing" to include housing secured by a federal government voucher or subsidy, but only if the voucher or subsidy is applied prospectively.

## Version chain

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

1. **8336 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8336aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **64–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2024)
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/914cda75-18de-4d05-9803-0394bb6c7fc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).