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legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-5117.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Establishes separate disclosure requirements for the sale of vacant land and for the sale of real property and improvements consisting of a house or building containing one to four (4) dwelling units.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Establishes separate disclosure requirements for the sale of vacant land and for the sale of real property and improvements consisting of a house or building containing one to four (4) dwelling units.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5117"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5117 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Construction", "Housing", "Land/Landfills", "Probate Practice", "Property", "Zoning"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casey", "Edwards", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-12"
+last_action: "2023-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/269c511c-c120-449f-9ee8-fffae19afbcc"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "bb537b4b986d12527da5809ce52fe3f5b2897fd39fdbcb3bbdcc2dbd74a40787"
+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 5117 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Establishes separate disclosure requirements for the sale of vacant land and for the sale of real property and improvements consisting of a house or building containing one to four (4) dwelling units.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5117.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12** 01/12/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31** 01/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/02/2023)
+- **2023-02-02** 02/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/269c511c-c120-449f-9ee8-fffae19afbcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+