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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION Provides amendments to the membership provisions of planning boards or commissions and would enable municipalities to establish "combined review boards" to replace separate planning and zoning boards. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2024 HB 7979 Rhode Island HB 7979 (2024)
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Rhode Island HB 7979 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION

Provides amendments to the membership provisions of planning boards or commissions and would enable municipalities to establish "combined review boards" to replace separate planning and zoning boards.

Version chain

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

  1. 7979 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 690 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Azzinaro — primary (person)
  • Blazejewski — primary (person)
  • Casimiro — primary (person)
  • Craven — primary (person)
  • Cruz — primary (person)
  • Morales — primary (person)
  • Shekarchi — primary (person)
  • Solomon — primary (person)
  • Speakman — primary (person)
  • Spears — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-03-05 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing introduction, referral-committee
  • 2024-03-22 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2024)
  • 2024-03-28 03/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2024-04-05 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2024)
  • 2024-04-09 04/09/2024 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-04-09 04/09/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-04-11 04/11/2024 House read and passed passage
  • 2024-04-16 04/16/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government referral-committee
  • 2024-06-08 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
  • 2024-06-11 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-06-14 06/14/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-06-14 06/14/2024 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2024-06-21 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2024-06-25 06/25/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86720b7a-7de7-4a75-99aa-e148fdfc7174. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).