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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Requires a real estate broker to release customer or client funds in an escrow account as instructed by the parties to a failed real estate transaction, within ten (10) days of receipt of a written release.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Requires a real estate broker to release customer or client funds in an escrow account as instructed by the parties to a failed real estate transaction, within ten (10) days of receipt of a written release.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 168"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 168 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Property", "Business & Professions", "Real Estate"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Jabour", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2017-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/199d674b-1491-4b80-98e7-17c80ac41803"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "e438be56c8a45139b340ec878f78dc1902e039ea8de26d35fe1cd449e7780f19"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 168 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Requires a real estate broker to release customer or client funds in an escrow account as instructed by the parties to a failed real estate transaction, within ten (10) days of receipt of a written release.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **168 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0168A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Jabour — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-02-03** 02/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2017)
+- **2017-02-07** 02/07/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-14** 02/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/16/2017)
+- **2017-02-16** 02/16/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-02-17** 02/17/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee transferred to House Corporations
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
+- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2017)
+- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/199d674b-1491-4b80-98e7-17c80ac41803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+