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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires all CASA (court-appointed special advocate) volunteers to first pass DCYF clearance as well as a national criminal background check before qualifying for appointment by the court.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires all CASA (court-appointed special advocate) volunteers to first pass DCYF clearance as well as a national criminal background check before qualifying for appointment by the court.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 614"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 614 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DCYF", "Children and Families", "Human Services", "Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Jabour", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-15"
+last_action: "2017-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b46ef55d-bce8-413e-8297-1e7d1a5a70f0"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "cdd7a1fbb2ef6ee24a5d9313c96b7efa385f94c1230429dcba6c136e4baa4428"
+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 SB 614 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires all CASA (court-appointed special advocate) volunteers to first pass DCYF clearance as well as a national criminal background check before qualifying for appointment by the court.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **614 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0614A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Algiere — primary (person)
+- Jabour — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2017)
+- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
+- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-17** 06/17/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
+- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/b46ef55d-bce8-413e-8297-1e7d1a5a70f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+