---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT"
description: "Requires owners or landlords who rent shoreline property to provide their tenants, before the start of the tenancy, with a detailed, written disclosure regarding public shoreline access rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2734"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2734 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gu", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1be20d1c-79db-4ced-95e8-0a87ef48ec84"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "60e7c28987bb901921f66049be834389a3f5afc90774c26e8bff33fb4fda2256"
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 SB 2734 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT

Requires owners or landlords who rent shoreline property to provide their tenants, before the start of the tenancy, with a detailed, written disclosure regarding public shoreline access rights.

## Version chain

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

1. **2734 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2734B.pdf)

## Votes

- In Concurrence — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **69–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/1be20d1c-79db-4ced-95e8-0a87ef48ec84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).