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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: "HB 7162"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7162 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Cruz", "Felix", "Henries", "Hull", "Lombardi", "Morales", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dd252ef-0fd9-4196-a00b-1802a34e2bae"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dbfcbcef23ed7760b568a4df68a1ec8b4d529ae9af019ef4aadb745e4c883a7a"
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 7162 (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. **7162 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7162A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **686** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ajello — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-11** 01/11/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2024)
- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **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/0dd252ef-0fd9-4196-a00b-1802a34e2bae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).