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type: "Bill"
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.)"
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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 912"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 912 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Landlord & Tenant", "Open Records", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Euer", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Mack", "McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d5bbc61-1c86-4af0-bb15-465ec21b918e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f74bd76911c1edc4327896ff458853cdc024373f1d79dfa1f6307375481f47d0"
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 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.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **912 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0912Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **297** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Acosta — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/2d5bbc61-1c86-4af0-bb15-465ec21b918e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).