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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT"
+description: "Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5674"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5674 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Morales", "Potter", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4592aedd-5be5-43ea-b803-ba7f33b63bde"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a85a52d2730f8c654147068a9ea91f6345dd4e2a9086ffd2a5af97d19ecbf2df"
+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 5674 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT
+
+Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5674.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/4592aedd-5be5-43ea-b803-ba7f33b63bde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+