---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT"
description: "Requires landlords to list all mandatory fees when advertising any residential property for rent as well as on the first page of any lease. Prohibits a landlord from charging a convenience fee when the tenant pays rent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2643"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2643 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mack"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e95adbc0-f7e7-47d9-bac9-970c5730ff91"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "bf700d23684b48b7e3dd56ccd7eaff0ccb941852c23d193a86ff24eda4dcdc27"
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 2643 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT

Requires landlords to list all mandatory fees when advertising any residential property for rent as well as on the first page of any lease. Prohibits a landlord from charging a convenience fee when the tenant pays rent.

## Version chain

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

1. **2643 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2643A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **55–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/e95adbc0-f7e7-47d9-bac9-970c5730ff91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).