SB 711 Rhode Island Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND ACT

Summary

Restructures the Rhode Island Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, increases its membership to 15 members, 11 of whom are to be from the general public and reallocates the percentage of the funds for housing, conservation and other goals.

Issues: ✓ Environment ✓ Housing

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Signed Jun 17, 2025

Floor votes · Senate May 8, 2025

How they voted

31–2

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 36

May 8, 2025

D Democratic32

29 Yea 3

90% Yea

R Republican4

2 Yea 2 Nay

50% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 17, 2025

Signed into law

06/17/2025 Signed by Governor

executive

Jun 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

06/12/2025 House passed in concurrence

lower

Jun 4, 2025

Legislature · Passed

06/04/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence

legislature

May 9, 2025

Committee

05/09/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing

lower

May 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

05/08/2025 Senate read and passed

upper

May 1, 2025

Legislature · Passed

05/01/2025 Committee recommends passage

legislature

Apr 3, 2025

Committee

04/03/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

legislature

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government

upper

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors