HB 5100 Rhode Island House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE -- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Summary

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

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Mar 21, 2025

Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

68–1

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 75

Mar 4, 2025

D Democratic64

59 Yea 5

92% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican10

8 Yea 1 Nay 1

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

03/04/2025 House passed Sub A

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Legislature · Passed

02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A

legislature

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

legislature

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing

lower

10 primary · 0 co-sponsors