---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW--RESALE OF UNITS (Imposes a penalty against a condominium association that fails to deliver a resale certificate within ten (10) days of a request by a unit owner.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW--RESALE OF UNITS (Imposes a penalty against a condominium association that fails to deliver a resale certificate within ten (10) days of a request by a unit owner.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5129"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5129 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Johnston", "Millea", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa2b130c-eb51-4a0d-a3c5-dd1e876cc16d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "92339c5112130568072fff4b420a4261372c26a38a3cc8e37684cd4789810108"
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 5129 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW--RESALE OF UNITS (Imposes a penalty against a condominium association that fails to deliver a resale certificate within ten (10) days of a request by a unit owner.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5129 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5129A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Millea — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** 01/16/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** 01/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-01-29** 01/29/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (01/29/2019)
- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2019)
- **2019-02-05** 02/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2019)
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/20/2019)
- **2019-03-20** 03/20/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/fa2b130c-eb51-4a0d-a3c5-dd1e876cc16d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).