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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Requires a real estate broker to release customer or client funds in an escrow account as instructed by the parties to a failed real estate transaction, within ten (10) days of receipt of a written release.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Requires a real estate broker to release customer or client funds in an escrow account as instructed by the parties to a failed real estate transaction, within ten (10) days of receipt of a written release.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 5222"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5222 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Property", "Business & Professions", "Real Estate"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Casey", "Morin", "O'Brien", "Phillips"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-26"
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last_action: "2017-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be9860ec-616a-402b-b4a3-3241af3cda11"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "2ab6e07254f35eab806a857d56a5675109f32acc1e1e5bd9ebe2a87887dd200a"
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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 HB 5222 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS (Requires a real estate broker to release customer or client funds in an escrow account as instructed by the parties to a failed real estate transaction, within ten (10) days of receipt of a written release.)
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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. **5222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5222.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Casey — primary (person)
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- Morin — primary (person)
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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-26** 01/26/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2017)
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- **2017-02-07** 02/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2017)
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- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2017)
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- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
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- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2017)
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- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 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/be9860ec-616a-402b-b4a3-3241af3cda11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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