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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5257"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5257 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Housing", "Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Batista", "Biah", "Giraldo", "Henries", "Knight", "Morales", "Potter", "Speakman", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-29"
+last_action: "2021-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0be2149-6754-4685-b343-0a67f3a8232c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5f9cdb4c8614ba532734998e9c278ac3ea937301b7402c225b16462685a8b3c9"
+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 5257 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5257 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5257aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–1** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **68–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barros — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Henries — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2021)
+- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (02/25/2021)
+- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/02/2021)
+- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-03-09** 03/09/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/08/2021)
+- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/13/2021)
+- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 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/d0be2149-6754-4685-b343-0a67f3a8232c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+