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legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-656.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS IN GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Relieves property owners from implementing lead hazard mitigation for pre-1978 rental dwelling units that are comprised of 2 or 3 units, one of which is occupied by the property owner.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS IN GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Relieves property owners from implementing lead hazard mitigation for pre-1978 rental dwelling units that are comprised of 2 or 3 units, one of which is occupied by the property owner.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 656"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 656 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Housing", "Landlord & Tenant", "Property", "Real Estate", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Burke", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Mack", "Murray"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebc88ce4-5266-4232-891e-011fa1659b0e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0a562a709d82184f28d924f8bbe22a8367d546400696ad55f7f2de82059cfc63"
+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 656 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS IN GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Relieves property owners from implementing lead hazard mitigation for pre-1978 rental dwelling units that are comprised of 2 or 3 units, one of which is occupied by the property owner.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **656 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0656A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–7** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2023)
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/ebc88ce4-5266-4232-891e-011fa1659b0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+