---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING (Empowers the secretary of housing to create a written guide for consumers relating to the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, updated on an annual basis, at a minimum.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING (Empowers the secretary of housing to create a written guide for consumers relating to the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, updated on an annual basis, at a minimum.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 305 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Affairs", "Housing", "Landlord & Tenant", "Public Officers", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Miller", "Quezada", "Ujifusa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81ca09ab-54c3-4b9c-b667-0dfcf1c5b403"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1d98e6132e244b36d5e2aa3378b488619083b6d19e55dc0be893832bc8cae640"
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 305 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING (Empowers the secretary of housing to create a written guide for consumers relating to the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, updated on an annual basis, at a minimum.)

## Version chain

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

1. **305 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0305A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2023)
- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/81ca09ab-54c3-4b9c-b667-0dfcf1c5b403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).