---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL"
description: "Provides a procedure for parking modifications near shoreline rights of way."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 716"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 716 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gu", "Kallman", "Mack", "McKenney", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb4964a4-eca0-4bfe-a44f-78994af0f4fc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b4a548975b42f82a8d14455d3f24baa2ba9177ed9d4e5e0890e1118a5c580b81"
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 716 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Provides a procedure for parking modifications near shoreline rights of way.

## Version chain

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

1. **716 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0716aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed 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/eb4964a4-eca0-4bfe-a44f-78994af0f4fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).