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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING (Empowers the secretary of housing to create a written guide for consumers relating to the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, updated on an annual basis, at a minimum.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING (Empowers the secretary of housing to create a written guide for consumers relating to the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, updated on an annual basis, at a minimum.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 305"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 305 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Consumer Affairs", "Housing", "Landlord & Tenant", "Public Officers", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Miller", "Quezada", "Ujifusa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81ca09ab-54c3-4b9c-b667-0dfcf1c5b403"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1d98e6132e244b36d5e2aa3378b488619083b6d19e55dc0be893832bc8cae640"
+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 SB 305 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING (Empowers the secretary of housing to create a written guide for consumers relating to the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, updated on an annual basis, at a minimum.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **305 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0305A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2023)
+- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/81ca09ab-54c3-4b9c-b667-0dfcf1c5b403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+