---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW"
description: "Creates process for condominium associations to give notice to and obtain approval from unit mortgage holders for certain association actions by mailing a written request for approval to the unit mortgagees via regular and certified mail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5586"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5586 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Finkelman", "Kazarian", "McEntee", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Solomon", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2456d68-98fd-4697-9f1c-63bbe1242bda"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4eb24f26ec02b69304940190f76de697c2d7bcf341bbe8dc4bc84befa4c09f14"
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 5586 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW

Creates process for condominium associations to give notice to and obtain approval from unit mortgage holders for certain association actions by mailing a written request for approval to the unit mortgagees via regular and certified mail.

## Version chain

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

1. **5586** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5586.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 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 (05/22/2025)
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `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 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/c2456d68-98fd-4697-9f1c-63bbe1242bda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).