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legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-353.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: "SB 353"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 353 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Housing", "Land/Landfills", "Property", "Real Estate"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "LaMountain", "McKenney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/469cd410-90eb-4fc5-8b9d-58e32a26a3f7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9fb8ec7700cf7f63568bac63e706b52120e83fadb228b17fa751fdb18c76cb13"
+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 353 (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. **353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0353.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/20/2023)
+- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
+- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/469cd410-90eb-4fc5-8b9d-58e32a26a3f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+