---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW"
description: "Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5156"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5156 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Phillips", "Read", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbbecc63-c913-42cf-966b-7893d30fc760"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "963a1f60fece0e38616f76469dd3acaf5f594ff37c93a50917bd98a64870c78e"
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 5156 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW

Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings.

## Version chain

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

1. **5156 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5156A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Meeting postponed (05/22/2025)
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Meeting postponed (05/22/2025)
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2025)
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/dbbecc63-c913-42cf-966b-7893d30fc760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).