---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND REAL ESTATE TIME-SHARE ACT (Amends several processes relative to the termination of a time-share agreement and the division of the ownership interests thereto.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND REAL ESTATE TIME-SHARE ACT (Amends several processes relative to the termination of a time-share agreement and the division of the ownership interests thereto.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7970"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7970 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunha", "Edwards", "Maldonado", "Marshall", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-16"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d6047f1-b473-442a-bd21-962f3986a709"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c8f490ea3dc80cb26941e804e255b18ff74914a56005a966147d5af3fe865e23"
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 7970 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND REAL ESTATE TIME-SHARE ACT (Amends several processes relative to the termination of a time-share agreement and the division of the ownership interests thereto.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7970 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7970A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunha — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d6047f1-b473-442a-bd21-962f3986a709`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).