---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Increases the civil penalty from $100 to a maximum of $1,000, whenever a seller or their real estate agent fails provide a completed seller disclosure form to the buyer.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Increases the civil penalty from $100 to a maximum of $1,000, whenever a seller or their real estate agent fails provide a completed seller disclosure form to the buyer.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5366"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5366 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Consumer Affairs", "Fees", "Real Estate", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Dawson", "Finkelman", "J. Brien", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6832a25-0e0f-45ff-8966-f30e9ccb6cf1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1d444d0d9c44464607a6f36b2f5f6fa97e84da064552583a340345b7019c2128"
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 5366 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Increases the civil penalty from $100 to a maximum of $1,000, whenever a seller or their real estate agent fails provide a completed seller disclosure form to the buyer.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5366** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5366.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- J. Brien — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Committee transferred to House Corporations
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2023)
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2023)
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/e6832a25-0e0f-45ff-8966-f30e9ccb6cf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).