---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Establishes that a tenant may file a petition with the district court to deposit rent in the district court escrow account for leased property that is not compliant with the lead hazard mitigation law.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Establishes that a tenant may file a petition with the district court to deposit rent in the district court escrow account for leased property that is not compliant with the lead hazard mitigation law.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6238"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6238 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Health & Safety", "Housing", "Landlord & Tenant", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Caldwell", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Dawson", "Felix", "McEntee", "Morales", "Speakman", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc9ed53d-bba7-4e85-9ab8-b770b31a244b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5866475dfb6c0d88432d76a9d6ac370276a104429b5656a860789791b06b4809"
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 6238 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Establishes that a tenant may file a petition with the district court to deposit rent in the district court escrow account for leased property that is not compliant with the lead hazard mitigation law.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6238 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6238A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `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`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/bc9ed53d-bba7-4e85-9ab8-b770b31a244b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).