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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed HouseMay 12, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Rhode Island House Bill
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Establishes the criminal offense of real estate title fraud and allows municipalities to refuse to record “suspicious documents” from persons who are not trusted submitters and creates penalties for real estate title fraud.)
Last Action See all actions
House • May 12, 2026: 05/12/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 7551
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 64
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Batista
- Bennett
- Biah
- Boylan
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Costantino
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- DeSimone
- Diaz
- Donovan
- Edwards
- Fascia
- Felix
- Fellela
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Hopkins
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Noret
- O'Brien
- Phillips
- Potter
- Read
- Sanchez
- Serpa
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Spears
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Voas
YES: 71
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Batista
- Bennett
- Biah
- Boylan
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Chippendale
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Costantino
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- DeSimone
- Diaz
- Donovan
- Edwards
- Fascia
- Fellela
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Hopkins
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Nardone
- Newberry
- Noret
- O'Brien
- Paplauskas
- Phillips
- Place
- Potter
- Quattrocchi
- Read
- Roberts
- Sanchez
- Santucci
- Serpa
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Spears
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Voas
NO: 0
YES: 60
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Batista
- Bennett
- Biah
- Boylan
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Costantino
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- DeSimone
- Donovan
- Edwards
- Fellela
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Noret
- O'Brien
- Phillips
- Potter
- Read
- Sanchez
- Serpa
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Spears
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Voas
Actions
- May 12, 2026 | House
- 05/12/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment)
- May 01, 2026 | House
- 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2026)
- Apr 28, 2026 | House
- 04/28/2026 Committee recommends passage
- Apr 24, 2026 | House
- 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- 02/11/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Feb 06, 2026 | House
- 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
- 02/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2026)
Bill Texts
Documents
- 02/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2026)
- 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
- 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2026)
- House Judiciary: 02-11-2026--H7551--Bob_O'Neil--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 02-11-2026--H7551--Daniel_Liparini--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 02-11-2026--H7551--Kimberly_Cournoyer--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 02-11-2026--H7551--Marianne_Kelly--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 02-11-2026--H7551--Matthew_Netto, AARP RI--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 02-11-2026--H7551--Randy R._Rossi, RI League of Cities and Towns--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 02-11-2026--H7551--Resolution_Town of Burrillville, RI--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 02-11-2026--H7551--Sandra_Darling--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 02-11-2026--H7551--The Honorable Gregg M._Amore, RI SOS--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 02-11-2026--H7551--Vicki_T. Marti (Town Clerk, Town of Burrillville)--JudPDF



