---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD TENANT ACT"
description: "Increases the time requirements notice for rental increases from 30 days to 90 days and for persons older than age 62 to 120 days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2189"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2189 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Gu", "Kallman", "Mack", "Murray", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edef7983-1eda-4217-ae98-6a0f21bde817"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "691cf18f97fdd31a030662fb5b45cabc4c9175682b802427bc16d12f1609ced1"
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 2189 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD TENANT ACT

Increases the time requirements notice for rental increases from 30 days to 90 days and for persons older than age 62 to 120 days.

## Version chain

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

1. **2189 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2189A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–8** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/edef7983-1eda-4217-ae98-6a0f21bde817`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).