---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS"
description: "Requires any person in the business of selling, assigning or buying an equitable interest in real estate without taking legal title to such property, to be licensed as a real estate broker or salesperson and to comply with the disclosure requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3136"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3136 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-20"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4afbb4d7-463f-43a9-9c13-72582dd1f269"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c62d6ad6ef218222789cb7f5593564c90f2124651a7887fa6149f11d9305c605"
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 3136 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS

Requires any person in the business of selling, assigning or buying an equitable interest in real estate without taking legal title to such property, to be licensed as a real estate broker or salesperson and to comply with the disclosure requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **3136 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3136A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-27** 04/27/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study `substitution`
- **2026-05-30** 05/30/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/4afbb4d7-463f-43a9-9c13-72582dd1f269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).