---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY REGISTRATION ACT (Provides for the registration and oversight of appraisal management companies operating in this state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY REGISTRATION ACT (Provides for the registration and oversight of appraisal management companies operating in this state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 543 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Business Regulation", "Business & Professions", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Cote", "Lombardo", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-09"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ed583a3-b3b5-43be-8f65-cc76cd611c08"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a1a45bbd6d2d7b5339ff663587f476afe1163803ee338feef68cfb3f065b7779"
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 543 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY REGISTRATION ACT (Provides for the registration and oversight of appraisal management companies operating in this state.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **543 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0543A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsider — **32–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Cote — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2017)
- **2017-03-23** 03/23/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-04** 05/04/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/10/2017)
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Senate voted to reconsider
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/1ed583a3-b3b5-43be-8f65-cc76cd611c08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).