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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 8078"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8078 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Batista", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Felix", "Morales", "Perez", "Slater", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-04-01"
+last_action: "2022-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d623d9-b5b5-4eb1-91fb-4f2b8af85703"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9e3a977ff7f8b6c7923e463460bf346083b31d0482fda9dea21aae80b28728bf"
+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 8078 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8078 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8078B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **54–8** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **59–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Perez — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/13/2022)
+- **2022-04-13** 04/13/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2022)
+- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
+- **2022-06-13** 06/13/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/c7d623d9-b5b5-4eb1-91fb-4f2b8af85703`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+