---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Establishes separate disclosure requirements for the sale of vacant land and for the sale of real property and improvements consisting of a house or building containing one to four (4) dwelling units.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Establishes separate disclosure requirements for the sale of vacant land and for the sale of real property and improvements consisting of a house or building containing one to four (4) dwelling units.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5117"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5117 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Construction", "Housing", "Land/Landfills", "Probate Practice", "Property", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casey", "Edwards", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/269c511c-c120-449f-9ee8-fffae19afbcc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "bb537b4b986d12527da5809ce52fe3f5b2897fd39fdbcb3bbdcc2dbd74a40787"
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 5117 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Establishes separate disclosure requirements for the sale of vacant land and for the sale of real property and improvements consisting of a house or building containing one to four (4) dwelling units.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5117.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** 01/12/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** 01/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/02/2023)
- **2023-02-02** 02/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/269c511c-c120-449f-9ee8-fffae19afbcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).