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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 561"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 561 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Housing", "Human Services", "Landlord & Tenant", "Property"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Ciccone", "Euer", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Mack", "Murray", "Quezada"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-04"
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last_action: "2021-04-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/503e1b70-6e25-4ae8-85e0-c1dfdd9b10b7"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "7d3f6c1763d4cc63e30fb7d67ea3b883a0b26a71cef51524f4287c9fcff980a8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 561 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RHODE ISLAND FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ACT (Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0561.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PRACTICES ACT — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2021)
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- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2021)
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- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2021)
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- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2021)
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- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/13/2021)
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- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/503e1b70-6e25-4ae8-85e0-c1dfdd9b10b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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