---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING"
description: "Amends the current law on low-income housing to include moderate-income housing and eliminates the income percentages used to determine qualifications for low or moderate income housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7778"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7778 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Biah", "Fascia", "Fellela", "Messier", "Morales", "Noret", "Read", "Serpa", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fed02f3c-934b-445a-bfd7-c8a46ed94942"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5f577cb2844edb8a37a07c14a54fba5f163eb228beec3b978efc56e34dc0eac5"
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 7778 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING

Amends the current law on low-income housing to include moderate-income housing and eliminates the income percentages used to determine qualifications for low or moderate income housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **7778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7778.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Fascia — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** 02/12/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2026)
- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/fed02f3c-934b-445a-bfd7-c8a46ed94942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).