AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- OUTDOOR DINING ACT
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jun 6, 2025
Signed Jun 23, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 12, 2025
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 36
Jun 12, 2025
D
Democratic32
96% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Jun 23, 2025
Signed into law
06/23/2025 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
06/18/2025 House passed in concurrence
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
06/12/2025 Senate read and passed
upper
Jun 10, 2025
Legislature · Passed
06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Jun 6, 2025
Introduced
06/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sue Sosnowski
DDemocratic
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