---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8078"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8078 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Batista", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Felix", "Morales", "Perez", "Slater", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-01"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d623d9-b5b5-4eb1-91fb-4f2b8af85703"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9e3a977ff7f8b6c7923e463460bf346083b31d0482fda9dea21aae80b28728bf"
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 8078 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8078 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8078B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **54–8** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **59–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/13/2022)
- **2022-04-13** 04/13/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2022)
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-13** 06/13/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/c7d623d9-b5b5-4eb1-91fb-4f2b8af85703`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).