---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION -- CAPITAL CENTER COMMISSION"
description: "Repeals legislation establishing the Capital Center Commission, which is a special development district commission for downtown Providence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 721"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 721 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "Mack", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad06d56b-a211-4d1e-a508-42443425d797"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "13c309a348672d1f00a6d7439dd670d266ba28eafb8a5c23ff572bd9ea8738a7"
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 721 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION -- CAPITAL CENTER COMMISSION

Repeals legislation establishing the Capital Center Commission, which is a special development district commission for downtown Providence.

## Version chain

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

1. **721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0721.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad06d56b-a211-4d1e-a508-42443425d797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).