---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2857"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2857 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Coyne", "Euer", "F Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-05"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95efbba5-3fe8-4236-889c-3aaa58b5d5cf"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1eb607abdeed95aa076128a5c9a4809c36ec0ec22001d1152d9b138b347c281c"
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 2857 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Allows the district court to designate the date of the hearing in eviction matters filed under the residential landlord and tenant act.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2857 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2857A.pdf)

## Votes

- TENANT ACT — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2022)
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-13** 06/13/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/95efbba5-3fe8-4236-889c-3aaa58b5d5cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).