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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS"
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description: "Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 5185"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5185 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Carson", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Handy", "McGaw", "Potter", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Spears"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-01-24"
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last_action: "2025-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79317bb6-aa19-4fd9-adac-423be7f3e600"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a7957cbee22ef134c0aef35e4b7e5a5373e7a983c88e779284278a1b41267a8e"
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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 5185 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS
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Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future.
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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. **5185 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5185A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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- Spears — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
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- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/25/2025)
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- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for reconsideration (03/11/2025)
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
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- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/79317bb6-aa19-4fd9-adac-423be7f3e600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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