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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES"
description: "Removes basement area from the calculation of floor area ratios in relation to the provisions that a zoning ordinance may address."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3148"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3148 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-07"
last_action: "2024-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/369b43fb-071a-4404-a2fa-67a8961c12c3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5da70a23da0987736bc9b891fd78ad0c20df7cfc6efdfed6e6e89cc6d48aa730"
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 SB 3148 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES
Removes basement area from the calculation of floor area ratios in relation to the provisions that a zoning ordinance may address.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **3148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3148.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **298** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **588** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 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/369b43fb-071a-4404-a2fa-67a8961c12c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).