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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE -- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAFE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 HB 8001 Rhode Island HB 8001 (2026)
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Rhode Island HB 8001 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE -- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Authorizes municipalities to make an emergency declaration under limited circumstances to allow for the construction and use of SAFE Units on a temporary basis which have specialized requirements and exemptions from the state fire and building codes.

Version chain

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

  1. 8001 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 625 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Biah — primary (person)
  • DeSimone — primary (person)
  • Noret — primary (person)
  • O'Brien — primary (person)
  • Shekarchi — primary (person)
  • Voas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-27 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-27 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2026)
  • 2026-03-05 03/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2026-04-10 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2026)
  • 2026-04-10 04/10/2026 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2026-04-15 04/15/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-24 04/24/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-04-30 04/30/2026 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2026-05-05 05/05/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government referral-committee
  • 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
  • 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-23 06/23/2026 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd7b883c-dbdd-40e2-a7e2-3b46e745f4b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).