---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Amends the required contents of a comprehensive plan providing that the \"implementation program\" component of the requirements include a 5 year strategic plan to ensure that the comprehensive plan goals and policies are implemented in a timely fashion.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Amends the required contents of a comprehensive plan providing that the \"implementation program\" component of the requirements include a 5 year strategic plan to ensure that the comprehensive plan goals and policies are implemented in a timely fashion.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6085"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6085 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Housing", "Land/Landfills", "Property", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Corvese", "Costantino", "J. Brien", "Kazarian", "Marszalkowski", "Noret", "Potter", "Shekarchi", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7458d86f-1c8b-4077-9fcf-80973912f7c9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "490d68b1dd7b3c7f080a5e803e243d8547c9819ed6ea3a83a94f1871c1bc93a3"
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 6085 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RHODE ISLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND LAND USE ACT (Amends the required contents of a comprehensive plan providing that the "implementation program" component of the requirements include a 5 year strategic plan to ensure that the comprehensive plan goals and policies are implemented in a timely fashion.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6085 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6085A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **59–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- J. Brien — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2023)
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/7458d86f-1c8b-4077-9fcf-80973912f7c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).