---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT (Establishes a lead water supply replacement program for public and private service lines and requires disclosure to tenants and buyers of real property of the presence of lead service lines.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT (Establishes a lead water supply replacement program for public and private service lines and requires disclosure to tenants and buyers of real property of the presence of lead service lines.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5007"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5007 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Health & Safety", "Landlord & Tenant", "Property", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Baginski", "Bennett", "Corvese", "O'Brien", "Potter", "Serpa", "Shanley", "Slater", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94b1bc0c-fd85-4afa-8893-0aa5ea97d9e3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a1a1a301c35eb691940b10437a7b6cabb12d90cb49234122c13f587e6a79a453"
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 5007 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT (Establishes a lead water supply replacement program for public and private service lines and requires disclosure to tenants and buyers of real property of the presence of lead service lines.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5007 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5007A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** 01/06/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/94b1bc0c-fd85-4afa-8893-0aa5ea97d9e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).