---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows for security deposits on furniture when a furnished apartment is leased.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows for security deposits on furniture when a furnished apartment is leased.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2609"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2609 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Nesselbush", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b41dfde-52c7-4b67-a381-0a82c6635be8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c0997aaf33c7c9f91c3386df6f17c59182f6204a21a6b3c37ac2b1aef31bf5a1"
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 2609 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows for security deposits on furniture when a furnished apartment is leased.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2609 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2609A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–8** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/8b41dfde-52c7-4b67-a381-0a82c6635be8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).