AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES

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Allows the operation of a home-based business, which meets criteria for home office IRS income tax deduction, without securing approval from the municipality with no storage of chemicals/park heavy equipment/not more than 10% of premises used for parking.

Chamber: House
Introduced: Jan 28, 2026
Last action: Jan 28, 2026 — 01/28/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
Sponsor: Mike Chippendale R
Session: 2026
Momentum: 32 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 11%, measured from RI's completed sessions
Momentum -4 32/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 255 days quiet
Cosponsors +4 3 signed on
Sponsor influence +4 94/100

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