---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT"
description: "Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 274 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bell", "Bissaillon", "Mack", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2cea9a-1d47-4e70-b544-b3feaa4153b0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a8fee5e8c114e24a90a9c2c71c39841457a9a67fe8cd234c507e4665bbdb0110"
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 274 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT

Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity.

## Version chain

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

1. **274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0274.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/8b2cea9a-1d47-4e70-b544-b3feaa4153b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).