---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 739"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 739 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Housing", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Cano", "Euer", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Mack", "McKenney", "Miller", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb224c64-2673-4bf5-995d-4a4a63fad2ab"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e8742280c9dfc371336e164d098bd9807b8c47a86372c00ccec13657aa59829e"
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 739 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)

## Version chain

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

1. **739** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0739.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — 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`
- **2023-05-26** 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`
- **2023-06-14** 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/cb224c64-2673-4bf5-995d-4a4a63fad2ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).