RI HB 8000
deadAN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Provides certain procedures that must be followed before an encampment can be removed or relocated.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-27
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-05-22 — 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- O'Brienprimary
- Noretprimary
- Biahprimary
- DeSimoneprimary
- Voasprimary
- Spearsprimary
- Speakmanprimary
- Shekarchiprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-02-27
02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
introduction,referral-committee
2026-02-27
02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2026)
2026-03-05
03/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2026-04-10
04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2026)
2026-04-10
04/10/2026 Proposed Substitute
substitution
2026-04-15
04/15/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/15/2026)
2026-04-24
04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
2026-04-24
04/24/2026 Proposed Substitute
substitution
2026-04-29
04/29/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-01
05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026)
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2026-05-05
05/05/2026 House passed Sub A
passage
2026-05-22
05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
referral-committee
Versions
- 8000 SUB ACompare
Documents
Votes
PASSAGE
2026-05-05 · pass · 56-13
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: yes
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: yes
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: no
- Batista: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: other
- Blazejewski: yes
- Boylan: yes
- Brien: no
- Caldwell: yes
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: yes
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: no
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Dawson: yes
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: other
- Fascia: no
- Felix: yes
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: yes
- Fogarty: yes
- Furtado: yes
- Giraldo: yes
- Handy: yes
- Hopkins: no
- Hull: yes
- Kazarian: yes
- Kennedy: yes
- Kislak: yes
- Knight: yes
- Lima: no
- Lombardi: yes
- Marszalkowski: yes
- McEntee: yes
- McGaw: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: no
- Newberry: no
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: other
- Paplauskas: no
- Perez: other
- Phillips: other
- Place: no
- Potter: yes
- Quattrocchi: no
- Read: yes
- Roberts: no
- Sanchez: yes
- Santucci: no
- Serpa: other
- ShallcrossSmith: yes
- Shanley: yes
- Slater: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Speakman: yes
- Spears: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Tanzi: yes
- Voas: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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