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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Provides for the sealing of court files in residential eviction proceedings upon the filing of a motion.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Provides for the sealing of court files in residential eviction proceedings upon the filing of a motion.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 912"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 912 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts", "Landlord & Tenant", "Open Records", "Property"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Euer", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Mack", "McKenney"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-30"
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last_action: "2023-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d5bbc61-1c86-4af0-bb15-465ec21b918e"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f74bd76911c1edc4327896ff458853cdc024373f1d79dfa1f6307375481f47d0"
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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 912 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Provides for the sealing of court files in residential eviction proceedings upon the filing of a motion.)
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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. **912 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0912Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage as Amended — **29–7** (pass) · upper
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- Approval of Amendment — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2023)
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- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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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/2d5bbc61-1c86-4af0-bb15-465ec21b918e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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