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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows for incarceration of an individual to be taken into consideration for the purposes of a motion to modify a child support order.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows for incarceration of an individual to be taken into consideration for the purposes of a motion to modify a child support order.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5553"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5553 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Domestic Relations", "Criminal Procedure", "Children and Families", "Courts", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Diaz", "Maldonado", "Slater", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-16"
+last_action: "2017-09-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4d0fccf-d3da-42d7-b41b-5165a5783f65"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "30ce0ecf7b28e9b4b6a9e9efacf49bc112d7c04986fd63414da043e34b9caebe"
+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 HB 5553 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows for incarceration of an individual to be taken into consideration for the purposes of a motion to modify a child support order.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5553 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5553A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–6** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Almeida — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Maldonado — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-16** 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2017)
+- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/e4d0fccf-d3da-42d7-b41b-5165a5783f65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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