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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY (Eliminates the penalty of abating rent in cases where a non-resident landlord fails to designate an agent for service of process and would clarify that the fine for violating this section is civil.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY (Eliminates the penalty of abating rent in cases where a non-resident landlord fails to designate an agent for service of process and would clarify that the fine for violating this section is civil.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7511"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7511 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Fees", "Landlord & Tenant", "Property", "Real Estate"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Edwards", "Jacquard", "Marshall", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-08"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd86480-23aa-4dbd-9a70-cecefb933756"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "dbe53924e0e7c2cac6662f3260718f7294fabe573b11e3bdffc44c979ae695f2"
+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 7511 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY (Eliminates the penalty of abating rent in cases where a non-resident landlord fails to designate an agent for service of process and would clarify that the fine for violating this section is civil.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7511 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7511A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Jacquard — primary (person)
+- Marshall — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-08** 02/08/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2018)
+- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
+- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2018)
+- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate voted to reconsider
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/2bd86480-23aa-4dbd-9a70-cecefb933756`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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