---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE"
description: "Allows for sending of the notice under power of sale and rights of active military servicemembers by USPS First Class Mail and/or an overnight delivery service, instead of by USPS certified mail return receipt requested."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3361"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3361 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-06-05"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7423d88-eba1-4592-8429-2c9964838c0a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "26aa44d0692794de4fbbcf01aadf3ecaf69054cc0a9d7854522f3b2d9818a26e"
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 3361 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE

Allows for sending of the notice under power of sale and rights of active military servicemembers by USPS First Class Mail and/or an overnight delivery service, instead of by USPS certified mail return receipt requested.

## Version chain

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

1. **3361 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3361aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/d7423d88-eba1-4592-8429-2c9964838c0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).