---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE--MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Repeals the July 1, 2018, sunset clause in Chapters 325 and 406 of the 2013 Public Laws in regard to § 34-24-3.2 \"mediation conference prior to mortgage foreclosure.\")"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE--MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Repeals the July 1, 2018, sunset clause in Chapters 325 and 406 of the 2013 Public Laws in regard to § 34-24-3.2 \"mediation conference prior to mortgage foreclosure.\")"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7385"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7385 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Mortgages", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan", "Johnston", "Messier", "Morin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d8d0c39-9653-48a0-90d9-018389739dcf"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bc2cb2de98398f3ea20255838db09b304cc9c966417ee35482c2c72d882d7e65"
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 7385 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE--MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Repeals the July 1, 2018, sunset clause in Chapters 325 and 406 of the 2013 Public Laws in regard to § 34-24-3.2 "mediation conference prior to mortgage foreclosure.")

## Version chain

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

1. **7385 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7385A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donovan — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Meeting postponed (02/28/2018)
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee transferred to House Finance
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/1d8d0c39-9653-48a0-90d9-018389739dcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).