---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS"
description: "Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 387"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 387 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Bissaillon", "Burke", "DiPalma", "Dimitri", "Euer", "McKenney", "Pearson", "Tikoian", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18a82dc9-328b-4eb7-b232-9c6ca12ba677"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d5cba43252219675c8711827fcf22711aa1d6e58ad58ef981edc41639ffd71f5"
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 387 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS

Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation.

## Version chain

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

1. **387** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0387.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2025)
- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/22/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2025)
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-25** 05/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2025)
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/18a82dc9-328b-4eb7-b232-9c6ca12ba677`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).