---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- UNIFORM PARTITION OF HEIRS' PROPERTY ACT"
description: "Adopts the uniform partition of heirs property act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7210"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7210 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Dawson", "Felix", "Marszalkowski", "McEntee", "O'Brien", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e2e8a23-9b2e-4651-862e-7cd47968947f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "17c365cee0644c4a556908c5431c191ed413701305b075669efa2d4cac46cc2e"
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 7210 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- UNIFORM PARTITION OF HEIRS' PROPERTY ACT

Adopts the uniform partition of heirs property act.

## Version chain

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

1. **7210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7210.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** 01/21/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/29/2026)
- **2026-01-29** 01/29/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-11** 05/11/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2026)
- **2026-05-14** 05/14/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/8e2e8a23-9b2e-4651-862e-7cd47968947f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).