Rhode Island · Senate Bill 511 · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT

SB 511 Sponsored by Tiara T. Mack Died in committee

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

What it does

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

Removes the five (5) year waiting period for filing a motion to seal an eviction court file. It also deletes the numerical limitation on filing seal requests.

Every action

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

  1. CommitteeIntroduced, referred to Senate Judiciary · Senate Judiciary
  2. CommitteeScheduled for hearing and/or consideration · Senate Judiciary
  3. CommitteeMeeting postponed (04/22/2025) · Senate Judiciary
  4. CommitteeScheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2025) · Senate Judiciary
  5. CommitteeCommittee recommended measure be held for further study · Senate Judiciary

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 6 Democrats.

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.