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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ELECTRONIC RECORDING (Authorizes a city or town clerk/recorder of deeds, at the clerk's/recorder's option, to accept electronic documents for recording real property and land records and to index and store those documents.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ELECTRONIC RECORDING (Authorizes a city or town clerk/recorder of deeds, at the clerk's/recorder's option, to accept electronic documents for recording real property and land records and to index and store those documents.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7080"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7080 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Property", "Real Estate"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Casimiro", "Kazarian", "Phillips", "Ruggiero"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-10"
+last_action: "2018-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aafed61e-f4d3-4603-9bfe-8939218e30f9"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "63498fbaa5f8eed5c6abb80c947cf55e42ff4f3c021d219598b1219653a93264"
+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 HB 7080 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- ELECTRONIC RECORDING (Authorizes a city or town clerk/recorder of deeds, at the clerk's/recorder's option, to accept electronic documents for recording real property and land records and to index and store those documents.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7080 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7080A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amore — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-10** 01/10/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-12** 01/12/2018 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
+- **2018-01-19** 01/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/24/2018)
+- **2018-01-24** 01/24/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for consideration (02/13/2018)
+- **2018-02-13** 02/13/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Placed on House Calendar (03/06/2018)
+- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-29** 06/29/2018 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/aafed61e-f4d3-4603-9bfe-8939218e30f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+