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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT"
description: "Permits those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period not to exceed three (3) months after the death of the lessee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2407"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2407 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Bissaillon", "Cano", "Gu", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Mack", "Murray", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22cae5bb-f578-4af0-b128-e6325dfa828a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b89807b2d55f3f0b5b37b455579a75af348374efbe9be5a3dc71c9f966d53a1a"
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 2407 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT
Permits those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period not to exceed three (3) months after the death of the lessee.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2407 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2407A.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **288** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **307** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **678** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 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`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22cae5bb-f578-4af0-b128-e6325dfa828a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).