---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES (Provides for the registration and oversight of appraisal management companies operating in this state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES (Provides for the registration and oversight of appraisal management companies operating in this state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5620"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5620 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Business Regulation", "Business & Professions", "Real Estate", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Keable", "Marshall", "O`Grady"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/421fd64f-9eb2-49ef-86a1-ab862944eda0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "82585ff4d29777f254d08849c8f98ee15a7e8cf9fd0aa402ed323b598dbb363f"
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 5620 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES (Provides for the registration and oversight of appraisal management companies operating in this state.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5620 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5620A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- O`Grady — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2017)
- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-04-03** 04/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing (04/05/2017)
- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee postponed at request of sponsor
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2017)
- **2017-05-16** 05/16/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 House passed Sub A `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 in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2017)
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/421fd64f-9eb2-49ef-86a1-ab862944eda0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).