---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY (Prevents registered sex offenders from forming more than ten percent (10%) of the population of residential facilities receiving state funding or assistance, with certain exceptions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY (Prevents registered sex offenders from forming more than ten percent (10%) of the population of residential facilities receiving state funding or assistance, with certain exceptions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 897"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 897 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual Assault", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Lombardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-11"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1390cfcf-24c6-40d3-800c-ee5119402d29"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2c5ece2bb5d63529ea5e8c2e1399f4ac94f8490ac6a36e3d6ac60d1fa2a20b35"
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 897 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY (Prevents registered sex offenders from forming more than ten percent (10%) of the population of residential facilities receiving state funding or assistance, with certain exceptions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **897** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0897.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–5** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GO — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/1390cfcf-24c6-40d3-800c-ee5119402d29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).