---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 561"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 561 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Human Services", "Landlord & Tenant", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Ciccone", "Euer", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Mack", "Murray", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/503e1b70-6e25-4ae8-85e0-c1dfdd9b10b7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7d3f6c1763d4cc63e30fb7d67ea3b883a0b26a71cef51524f4287c9fcff980a8"
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 561 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)

## Version chain

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

1. **561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0561.pdf)

## Votes

- PRACTICES ACT — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2021)
- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2021)
- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2021)
- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2021)
- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 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/503e1b70-6e25-4ae8-85e0-c1dfdd9b10b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).