AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES

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Overview Bill text 1 History 5 Sponsors 2

Authorizes East Providence to issue licenses to any business seeking to engage in the business of operating a hotel, motel, inn, or boardinghouse and that the business first obtains approval from chief of police, building inspector and the mayor.

Chamber: Senate
Introduced: May 26, 2026
Last action: May 27, 2026 — 05/27/2026 Meeting postponed (05/28/2026)
Sponsor: Val Lawson D
Session: 2026
Momentum: 30 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 11%, measured from RI's completed sessions
Momentum -4 30/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -19 136 days quiet
Cosponsors +1 1 signed on
Sponsor influence +2 71/100

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