---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS IN GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Relieves property owners from implementing lead hazard mitigation for pre-1978 rental dwelling units that are comprised of 2 or 3 units, one of which is occupied by the property owner.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS IN GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Relieves property owners from implementing lead hazard mitigation for pre-1978 rental dwelling units that are comprised of 2 or 3 units, one of which is occupied by the property owner.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 656"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 656 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Landlord & Tenant", "Property", "Real Estate", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Burke", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Mack", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebc88ce4-5266-4232-891e-011fa1659b0e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0a562a709d82184f28d924f8bbe22a8367d546400696ad55f7f2de82059cfc63"
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 656 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS IN GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Relieves property owners from implementing lead hazard mitigation for pre-1978 rental dwelling units that are comprised of 2 or 3 units, one of which is occupied by the property owner.)

## Version chain

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

1. **656 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0656A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2023)
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/ebc88ce4-5266-4232-891e-011fa1659b0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).