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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE"
+description: "Allows for sending of the notice under power of sale and rights of active military servicemembers by USPS First Class Mail and/or an overnight delivery service, instead of by USPS certified mail return receipt requested."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7654"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7654 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dawson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-11"
+last_action: "2026-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ad5ef12-b2bb-461e-8a6b-db129bc40682"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "afbefff63cb72da36026c698b61c702fabd3866b7ea5c550cbd3f83f463d6c0d"
+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 7654 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE
+
+Allows for sending of the notice under power of sale and rights of active military servicemembers by USPS First Class Mail and/or an overnight delivery service, instead of by USPS certified mail return receipt requested.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7654 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7654aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–9** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
+- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor
+- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2026)
+- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/16/2026)
+- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2026)
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/8ad5ef12-b2bb-461e-8a6b-db129bc40682`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+