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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT (Renames the domestic violence prevention fund as the Deborah DeBare domestic violence prevention fund.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT (Renames the domestic violence prevention fund as the Deborah DeBare domestic violence prevention fund.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2948"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2948 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Domestic Relations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Cano", "Goodwin", "Nesselbush", "Quezada"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-05-31"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/281e4f2f-36b2-4ee4-b8b1-92782ada6e8c"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "ead59637c3231d33423481cd93816e4e2195b10fe4ec9fbf2f9cfc250a58c1c6"
+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 2948 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT (Renames the domestic violence prevention fund as the Deborah DeBare domestic violence prevention fund.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2948.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Calkin — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Nesselbush — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House 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/281e4f2f-36b2-4ee4-b8b1-92782ada6e8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+