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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Revises the comprehensive permitting process and the appeals process in regard to low and moderate income housing. It also adds two (2) additional alternates to the state housing appeals board.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Revises the comprehensive permitting process and the appeals process in regard to low and moderate income housing. It also adds two (2) additional alternates to the state housing appeals board.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 7949"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7949 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Shekarchi", "Speakman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-07"
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last_action: "2022-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41bd43f3-9d74-42a5-aaf8-11501a958130"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "aa489f61e7bdcd48849cf5ba9fa6c2911cdf8973febeb212d258936ab417a471"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 7949 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING (Revises the comprehensive permitting process and the appeals process in regard to low and moderate income housing. It also adds two (2) additional alternates to the state housing appeals board.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **7949 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7949Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **56–9** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **57–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alzate — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Shekarchi — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-07** 03/07/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2022)
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- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/19/2022)
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- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2022)
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- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2022)
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- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
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- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41bd43f3-9d74-42a5-aaf8-11501a958130`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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