---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - CONDOMINIUM LAW - INSURANCE (Entitles a condominium owner to obtain a copy of a damage appraisal within fourteen days.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - CONDOMINIUM LAW - INSURANCE (Entitles a condominium owner to obtain a copy of a damage appraisal within fourteen days.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5223"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5223 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Insurance", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin", "Johnston", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a5b4df1-8c07-46ff-8c19-8fa9b70ce12a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d3e10099439d291ce91eccafdb1566ce31f5d1a2b0099755fe08573123535ea5"
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 HB 5223 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - CONDOMINIUM LAW - INSURANCE (Entitles a condominium owner to obtain a copy of a damage appraisal within fourteen days.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5223 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5223A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Coughlin — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** 01/26/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2017)
- **2017-02-07** 02/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2017)
- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Placed on House Calendar (03/09/2017)
- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 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/2a5b4df1-8c07-46ff-8c19-8fa9b70ce12a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).