Rhode Island · House Bill 5721 · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEAD HAZARD MITIGATION

HB 5721 Sponsored by Brian C. Newberry Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 26, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 26, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Allows a landlord that did not obtain a lead certificate pursuant to the lead mitigation laws of chapter 128.1 of title 42 due to the fact that the state lacks the adequate resources to conduct inspections.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced, referred to House State Government & Elections · House State Government & Elections
  2. CommitteeCommittee transferred to House Judiciary · House Judiciary
  3. CommitteeScheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025) · House Judiciary
  4. CommitteeCommittee recommended measure be held for further study · House Judiciary

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat.

All 6 cosponsors

From Rhode Island's official records (status.rilegislature.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.