Rhode Island · Senate Bill 708 · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES

SB 708 Sponsored by Jacob E. Bissaillon Died in committee

  1. Introduced Mar 7, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 7, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Municipalities required to amend zoning ordinances, to include special listed provisions, to authorize development incentives to increase development density or dimensional flexibility, identify provisions to promote and regulate commercial developments.

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government · Senate Housing & Municipal Government
  2. CommitteeScheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2025) · Senate Housing & Municipal Government
  3. CommitteeCommittee recommended measure be held for further study · Senate Housing & Municipal Government

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.

All 4 cosponsors

From Rhode Island's official records (status.rilegislature.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.