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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)"
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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 739"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 739 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Attorney General", "Housing", "State Affairs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Cano", "Euer", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Mack", "McKenney", "Miller", "Murray"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-22"
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last_action: "2023-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb224c64-2673-4bf5-995d-4a4a63fad2ab"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "e8742280c9dfc371336e164d098bd9807b8c47a86372c00ccec13657aa59829e"
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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 739 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION (Allows for a property owner who fails to comply with lead hazard mitigation provisions to be subject to damages and reasonable attorneys' fees.)
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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. **739** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0739.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–2** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Lauria — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2023)
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- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
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- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/cb224c64-2673-4bf5-995d-4a4a63fad2ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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