---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Establishes an escrow account for tenants to deposit their rent whenever the leased property is not compliant with the lead hazard risk reduction provisions in state law.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Establishes an escrow account for tenants to deposit their rent whenever the leased property is not compliant with the lead hazard risk reduction provisions in state law.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 729"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 729 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Health & Safety", "Housing", "Landlord & Tenant", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bell", "Britto", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gu", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Mack", "McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3d3750b-9eac-49ad-aab6-5cda349fa9ee"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fb0325b333c96542f2fc8f3840436964577cf05942911cfd9c4f09c140f099f2"
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 729 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Establishes an escrow account for tenants to deposit their rent whenever the leased property is not compliant with the lead hazard risk reduction provisions in state law.)

## Version chain

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

1. **729 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0729aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **30–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2023)
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-28** 05/28/2023 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 passed 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 as amended 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/f3d3750b-9eac-49ad-aab6-5cda349fa9ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).