---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Prohibits the requirement that a fee be paid for a rental application for real property.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Prohibits the requirement that a fee be paid for a rental application for real property.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 311 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Housing", "Landlord & Tenant", "Property", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiMario", "Euer", "Kallman", "Mack", "Miller", "Murray", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c616510f-4ff0-4bce-ab5d-7d6d9cf2c769"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9a9f73bb57e60f2e180990f2600263367611250a4ebbaa727cfce7a37df33d5c"
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 311 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Prohibits the requirement that a fee be paid for a rental application for real property.)

## Version chain

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

1. **311 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0311A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — 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)
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study `substitution`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/c616510f-4ff0-4bce-ab5d-7d6d9cf2c769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).