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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS (Protects homeless persons in possession of a service animal, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, from being denied access to any homeless shelter in violation of the ADA or the state or federal Fair Housing Practices Acts.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS (Protects homeless persons in possession of a service animal, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, from being denied access to any homeless shelter in violation of the ADA or the state or federal Fair Housing Practices Acts.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2133"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2133 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89be36c1-21e9-4c73-ae39-69374a9f1659"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3817bbc356bc9542019e29c401201b8fa67ab8b6386fc7fc2a028366c8bd4432"
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 2133 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS (Protects homeless persons in possession of a service animal, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, from being denied access to any homeless shelter in violation of the ADA or the state or federal Fair Housing Practices Acts.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2133** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2133.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **322** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **690** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Calkin — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-23** 01/23/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/22/2018)
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/89be36c1-21e9-4c73-ae39-69374a9f1659`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).