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Rhode Island General Assembly · S 1139 · Chapter 116, Jun 23, 2025

TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT (Allows food service businesses to provide temporary outdoor dining whenever building/other structure used for food service rendered uninhabitable by casualty fire/flood for 18 mont

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Officially: “AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT (Allows food service businesses to provide temporary outdoor dining whenever building/other structure used for food service rendered uninhabitable by casualty fire/flood for 18 months or the building fit for occupancy sunsetting on 6/30/27.) Read the full text

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2025 sessionbill

Where it is

Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government · Jun 6, 2025
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2025) · Jun 7, 2025
Committee recommends passage · Jun 10, 2025
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) · Jun 10, 2025
Senate read and passed · Jun 12, 2025
Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) · Jun 14, 2025
House passed in concurrence · Jun 18, 2025
Transmitted to Governor · Jun 18, 2025
Signed by Governor · Jun 23, 2025

The numbers

1
sponsor on the bill

Sponsors

Sosnowski
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Signed by Governor (Jun 23, 2025).