---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT"
description: "Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5674"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5674 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Morales", "Potter", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4592aedd-5be5-43ea-b803-ba7f33b63bde"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a85a52d2730f8c654147068a9ea91f6345dd4e2a9086ffd2a5af97d19ecbf2df"
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 5674 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT

Prohibits a landlord from inquiring about the immigration status of a tenant subject to any federal laws or regulations, but may request financial information or proof of identity.

## Version chain

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

1. **5674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5674.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/4592aedd-5be5-43ea-b803-ba7f33b63bde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).