---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
description: "Sets the zoning statewide for “family child care homes” to no fewer than twelve (12) children maximum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2273"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2273 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "Burke", "DiMario", "Gu", "Kallman", "Quezada", "Rogers", "Valverde", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5498e962-a1da-4978-b6f6-80a2da0630ef"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eb84065734200dda6cb1f350410c6855d36b200719ede8793ef2f9b0d973e5fb"
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 2273 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES

Sets the zoning statewide for “family child care homes” to no fewer than twelve (12) children maximum.

## Version chain

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

1. **2273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2273.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2026)
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Meeting postponed (05/28/2026)
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/5498e962-a1da-4978-b6f6-80a2da0630ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).