---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING"
description: "Amends the definition of \"low and moderate income housing\" to include housing secured by a federal government voucher or subsidy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2089"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2089 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Lombardo", "Picard", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cace513-1bcb-4c67-ac66-4f12096eb5fa"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9b6555dfaebad6b87ce602afb63d533cc96939d756b5410b3386e161df0fe4b8"
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 2089 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING

Amends the definition of "low and moderate income housing" to include housing secured by a federal government voucher or subsidy.

## Version chain

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

1. **2089 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2089aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **63–6** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2024)
- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2024)
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/3cace513-1bcb-4c67-ac66-4f12096eb5fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).