---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6201"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6201 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Environment", "Health & Safety", "Housing", "Property", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dawson", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1753dc5a-b35e-4f65-a5f2-20d23fc5ff6c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a1027d0da5263118d0146548ba62a4d03e94d03c53451676e152720a39ab0068"
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 6201 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6201.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dawson — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/1753dc5a-b35e-4f65-a5f2-20d23fc5ff6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).