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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- LEASED LAND DWELLINGS"
+description: "Directs RIHousing to work with stakeholders to investigate and determine ways to assist an incorporated homeowners' association to exercise rights to purchase leased land."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5299"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5299 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cotter", "Cruz", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "McNamara", "Potter", "Slater", "Solomon", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cc24f04-397f-468f-93c3-ac1c40c5d8e2"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "19dd1083389103e879f8b86169f88060bf48ed16d0ec869d1556437b45641312"
+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 5299 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- LEASED LAND DWELLINGS
+
+Directs RIHousing to work with stakeholders to investigate and determine ways to assist an incorporated homeowners' association to exercise rights to purchase leased land.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5299.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/5cc24f04-397f-468f-93c3-ac1c40c5d8e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+