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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Prohibits the requirement that a fee be paid for a rental application for real property.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Prohibits the requirement that a fee be paid for a rental application for real property.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6087"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6087 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Housing", "Landlord & Tenant", "Property", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Blazejewski", "Casimiro", "Cruz", "Kazarian", "Potter", "Shekarchi", "Slater", "Speakman", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/703c00d4-d3a2-4449-ae9b-b80fe46fa207"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "00a541b2cafc1edf1467873bde4648a9f084bf73254c0ff680555a9322b9dca4"
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 HB 6087 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Prohibits the requirement that a fee be paid for a rental application for real property.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6087 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6087aa.pdf)
## Votes
- AS AMENDED — **720** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **673** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Abney — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/20/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/703c00d4-d3a2-4449-ae9b-b80fe46fa207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).