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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURES GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURES GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7512"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7512 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Delinquent and Dependent Children", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Knight", "McEntee", "Regunberg", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-08"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1dc03db-2a98-4f2e-9848-4146a7117f2d"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "b5face6981b8f4b5b897dd58d929e2c0c2ed1368e1daa394887931d62c5efe06"
+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 7512 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURES GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7512.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Regunberg — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-08** 02/08/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
+- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/f1dc03db-2a98-4f2e-9848-4146a7117f2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+