---
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: "SB 163"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 163 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Mortgages", "Property", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Mack", "Murray", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a78972be-36c2-44f1-8869-65cd48ec14a0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dc17ddf41133e43e187f434d1bf6669c3b4b94f733e69528602b87ad623a3617"
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 SB 163 (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. **163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0163.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/20/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 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 Senate Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed 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/a78972be-36c2-44f1-8869-65cd48ec14a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).