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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Requires a landlord to obtain and have in full force and effect a general liability policy of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for those persons injured on the premises due to the negligence of the landlord.) AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Requires a landlord to obtain and have in full force and effect a general liability policy of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for those persons injured on the premises due to the negligence of the landlord.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2021 SB 718 Rhode Island SB 718 (2021)
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Rhode Island SB 718 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Requires a landlord to obtain and have in full force and effect a general liability policy of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for those persons injured on the premises due to the negligence of the landlord.)

Version chain

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

  1. 718 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 558 (pass) · upper
  • TENANT ACT — 344 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • McCaffrey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-04-23 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/29/2021)
  • 2021-04-29 04/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2021-05-28 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
  • 2021-06-03 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
  • 2021-06-08 06/08/2021 Senate read and passed passage
  • 2021-06-10 06/10/2021 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
  • 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
  • 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-26 06/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2021)
  • 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
  • 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2021-07-02 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-07-07 07/07/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e71289d-e099-4b60-9309-3b196b83016e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).