---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Requires landlords to register certain identifying information on a statewide registry and for pre-1978 properties, provide a valid certificate of conformance with the lead hazard mitigation act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Requires landlords to register certain identifying information on a statewide registry and for pre-1978 properties, provide a valid certificate of conformance with the lead hazard mitigation act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6239"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6239 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Health & Safety", "Housing", "Landlord & Tenant", "Property", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Craven", "Edwards", "Kislak", "Knight", "McNamara", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eca57f7-579c-4a9c-912d-4f882a26a9fe"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "83710177963b7ab45f5c21371a5b1a3c98573d33312989b222ec92b7b0eb21d9"
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 6239 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Requires landlords to register certain identifying information on a statewide registry and for pre-1978 properties, provide a valid certificate of conformance with the lead hazard mitigation act.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6239 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6239A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **59–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shanley — 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)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 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`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/6eca57f7-579c-4a9c-912d-4f882a26a9fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).