---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires four (4) members present to conduct hearing and concurring vote of majority in attendance at planning/zoning board meetings.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires four (4) members present to conduct hearing and concurring vote of majority in attendance at planning/zoning board meetings.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2504"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2504 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb350f76-c16c-4865-9f0d-3513ea89f706"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dc6e94b7c36fcad9f83ffbd2afe8c83c81fd00b6c82fb0274a62a4aeb68ff0bd"
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 2504 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SUBDIVISION OF LAND -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Requires four (4) members present to conduct hearing and concurring vote of majority in attendance at planning/zoning board meetings.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2504 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2504Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- ZONING ORDINANCES — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- ZONING ORDINANCES — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/eb350f76-c16c-4865-9f0d-3513ea89f706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).