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legislation/us/states/ri/2018/sb-2691.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws (\"cruelty to or neglect of child\") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws (\"cruelty to or neglect of child\") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2691"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2691 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Offense"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-20"
+last_action: "2018-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecdadf91-832e-4603-b766-b9bf2876e65f"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "58edee36bac637dfcf1dcf66b812fde65af48615be84b07365f06f7369807d13"
+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 2691 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws ("cruelty to or neglect of child") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2691** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2691.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
+- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2018)
+- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018)
+- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-02** 06/02/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2018)
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 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/ecdadf91-832e-4603-b766-b9bf2876e65f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+