---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT"
description: "Requires hosting platforms offering short-term rental of residential property for tourist or transient use to disclose on listings the current, valid registration number and its expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7465"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7465 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Casimiro", "Fellela", "Hull", "Lima", "Lombardi", "Perez", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6905a92d-5d83-41c1-8a41-df3c745d3d52"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fabd340ee630dac0d13c5a98693f631ddeb4d0a90e56d22bb9dca63204c970a0"
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 7465 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT

Requires hosting platforms offering short-term rental of residential property for tourist or transient use to disclose on listings the current, valid registration number and its expiration date.

## Version chain

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

1. **7465 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7465Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2024)
- **2024-03-19** 03/19/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee continued
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6905a92d-5d83-41c1-8a41-df3c745d3d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).