---
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: "SB 353"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 353 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Housing", "Land/Landfills", "Property", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "LaMountain", "McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/469cd410-90eb-4fc5-8b9d-58e32a26a3f7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9fb8ec7700cf7f63568bac63e706b52120e83fadb228b17fa751fdb18c76cb13"
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 353 (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. **353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0353.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 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 (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on the House Consent 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/469cd410-90eb-4fc5-8b9d-58e32a26a3f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).