---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
description: "Amends provisions relative to the application of zoning ordinances pertaining to wetland buffers to projects for development, redevelopment, construction or rehabilitation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2994"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2994 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-16"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19a09428-9594-4aae-8faf-390787f46032"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1982cd6d58259690bf11319d98788dc80533c9540af7f43bf01571819e57e4ea"
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 2994 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES

Amends provisions relative to the application of zoning ordinances pertaining to wetland buffers to projects for development, redevelopment, construction or rehabilitation.

## Version chain

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

1. **2994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2994.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2024)
- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed 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/19a09428-9594-4aae-8faf-390787f46032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).