---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING LAND BANK PROGRAM"
description: "Creates the department of housing land bank program to allow for the deposit of title to real estate assets for the purpose of developing residential housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5955"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5955 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Giraldo", "Speakman", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51fa4216-3d20-4205-9c51-95fac06d9d65"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9e945fa81b28ce81be5ac6c426a61aa1a0b6288a0b2e0d9f8ced2a4035393289"
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 5955 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HOUSING LAND BANK PROGRAM

Creates the department of housing land bank program to allow for the deposit of title to real estate assets for the purpose of developing residential housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **5955 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5955A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-06-07** 06/07/2025 Meeting postponed (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-07** 06/07/2025 Meeting postponed (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-15** 06/15/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/51fa4216-3d20-4205-9c51-95fac06d9d65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).