---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
description: "Adds the process of permitting the construction of attached single-family dwellings in identified zoning districts as a factor that zoning ordinances must address."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5798"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5798 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Casey", "Dawson", "Donovan", "Furtado", "Kislak", "Speakman", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31a246de-7ad4-4060-9185-066f277daac1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8d05383d43517a5785e546b4ccbacfd7a5818730fc072d0ce483291642358a09"
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 5798 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES

Adds the process of permitting the construction of attached single-family dwellings in identified zoning districts as a factor that zoning ordinances must address.

## Version chain

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

1. **5798 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5798Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **59–11** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **59–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2025)
- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/31a246de-7ad4-4060-9185-066f277daac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).