---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY CONDOMINIUM LAW - RESALE OF UNITS (Imposes a penalty against a condominium association that fails to deliver a resale certificate within ten (10) days of a request by a unit owner.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY CONDOMINIUM LAW - RESALE OF UNITS (Imposes a penalty against a condominium association that fails to deliver a resale certificate within ten (10) days of a request by a unit owner.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 154 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a80204f1-08ee-441f-a8d1-43243c08d1a3"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2367df9dc75422c5accea956dc954368646f1c39f1d4017494fd3cc14ebf0c4d"
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 154 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY CONDOMINIUM LAW - RESALE OF UNITS (Imposes a penalty against a condominium association that fails to deliver a resale certificate within ten (10) days of a request by a unit owner.)

## Version chain

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

1. **154 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0154A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** 01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2019)
- **2019-04-23** 04/23/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-03** 06/03/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/a80204f1-08ee-441f-a8d1-43243c08d1a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).