---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Requires that any use of a premises for marijuana cultivation be disclosed in any real estate transaction.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Requires that any use of a premises for marijuana cultivation be disclosed in any real estate transaction.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 334"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 334 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Lynch Prata", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29a7b5f-bbed-4819-9575-837590fc5b2d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3b90457bc38e9e0ae155c956473b02085bc3bb2e1f14a3673323226857b093af"
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 334 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Requires that any use of a premises for marijuana cultivation be disclosed in any real estate transaction.)

## Version chain

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

1. **334 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0334Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 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
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 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 recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/d29a7b5f-bbed-4819-9575-837590fc5b2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).