republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-7741.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Amends the "building height" definition in chapter 24 of title 45 (zoning ordinances) for property in special flood hazard areas. The building height would be measured from the base flood elevation. Effective March 1, 2019.)	AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Amends the "building height" definition in chapter 24 of title 45 (zoning ordinances) for property in special flood hazard areas. The building height would be measured from the base flood elevation. Effective March 1, 2019.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 7741	Rhode Island HB 7741 (2018)	bill	Building Code Cities & Towns Environment Zoning	enacted	Cunha Edwards Lima Shanley Shekarchi	1	16	1	2018-02-28	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/bbfe1e5a-0052-4519-a76d-ccfe81cd05bb	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	3f0b6ce1688a3e4da2a472415d039880a74006179738f25e6229dbfceedf930f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7741 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Amends the "building height" definition in chapter 24 of title 45 (zoning ordinances) for property in special flood hazard areas. The building height would be measured from the base flood elevation. Effective March 1, 2019.)

Version chain

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

1. 7741 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 55–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cunha — primary (person)
• Edwards — primary (person)
• Lima — primary (person)
• Shanley — primary (person)
• Shekarchi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-28 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 04/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
• 2018-04-25 04/25/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-04-27 04/27/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2018)
• 2018-05-02 05/02/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-18 05/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2018)
• 2018-05-23 05/23/2018 House passed Sub A passage
• 2018-05-31 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 06/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate voted to reconsider
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bbfe1e5a-0052-4519-a76d-ccfe81cd05bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).