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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7201"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7201 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Edwards", "McGaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27cbb7b4-b2ab-4ccf-ab9d-08f28368fc1c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d94e4a88c6812bdec3016adfab77bfc788020a96402b9b8df2204f4e7984bbda"
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 HB 7201 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7201.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **600** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-26** 01/26/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/16/2022)
- **2022-02-16** 02/16/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27cbb7b4-b2ab-4ccf-ab9d-08f28368fc1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).