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type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY CURRENT CONDOMINIUM LAW AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ONGOING AFFORDABILITY OF CONDOMINIUMS IN RHODE ISLAND"
description: "Creates a 16-member commission to study current condominium law and provide recommendations for improvements, and who would report back to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, and would expire on March 15, 2028."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HR 8008"
citation: "Rhode Island HR 8008 (2026)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/133bde10-710e-4ca1-95e9-38f0f49c9bda"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d84f68b6b197f09f886ee0764afcb79add3dcf51cc7cc74e5b17ae526fb51d3c"
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 HR 8008 (2026) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY CURRENT CONDOMINIUM LAW AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ONGOING AFFORDABILITY OF CONDOMINIUMS IN RHODE ISLAND
Creates a 16-member commission to study current condominium law and provide recommendations for improvements, and who would report back to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, and would expire on March 15, 2028.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **8008 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8008A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **680** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2026)
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/14/2026)
- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/133bde10-710e-4ca1-95e9-38f0f49c9bda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).