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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Revise and clarifies the definition of an accessory dwelling unit in the zoning enabling act. Also permits certain accessory dwelling units to be counted towards low and moderate income housing requirements.) AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Revise and clarifies the definition of an accessory dwelling unit in the zoning enabling act. Also permits certain accessory dwelling units to be counted towards low and moderate income housing requirements.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2022 HB 7942 Rhode Island HB 7942 (2022)
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Rhode Island HB 7942 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Revise and clarifies the definition of an accessory dwelling unit in the zoning enabling act. Also permits certain accessory dwelling units to be counted towards low and moderate income housing requirements.)

Version chain

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

  1. 7942 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • IN CONCURRENCE — 525 (pass) · lower
  • PASSAGE — 529 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ackerman — primary (person)
  • Shekarchi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-03-07 03/07/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-04-08 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2022)
  • 2022-04-12 04/12/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2022-05-10 05/10/2022 Scheduled for consideration
  • 2022-05-11 05/11/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/12/2022)
  • 2022-05-17 05/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
  • 2022-05-18 05/18/2022 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2022-05-19 05/19/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-05-20 05/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/26/2022) reading-3
  • 2022-05-26 05/26/2022 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2022-05-27 05/27/2022 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government referral-committee
  • 2022-06-10 06/10/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2022)
  • 2022-06-14 06/14/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2022-06-20 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
  • 2022-06-21 06/21/2022 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2022-06-22 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-06-23 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) reading-3
  • 2022-06-24 06/24/2022 Senate passed Sub B passage
  • 2022-06-24 06/24/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) reading-3
  • 2022-06-24 06/24/2022 House passed Sub B in concurrence passage
  • 2022-06-28 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2022-06-30 06/30/2022 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3c5abf6-dd3b-4e73-86ee-46d4308e6514. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).