---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE -- MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Removes the sunset provision relative to mediation coverage prior to mortgage foreclosures.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE -- MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Removes the sunset provision relative to mediation coverage prior to mortgage foreclosures.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5761"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5761 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Housing", "Mortgages", "Property", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Henries", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "McNamara", "Morales", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de4b238-b7db-4553-8cdd-4c8bcabbf328"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0a6cac6fffa1e8c6ddb6fd67431461180783f68dac79a420b1d290485d6914a7"
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 5761 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE AND SALE -- MEDIATION CONFERENCE (Removes the sunset provision relative to mediation coverage prior to mortgage foreclosures.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5761 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5761Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGEP — **64–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21** 02/21/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/02/2023)
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2023)
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/3de4b238-b7db-4553-8cdd-4c8bcabbf328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).