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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Adopts the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act, and amends the current law regarding depositions taken for use in a foreign jurisdiction by referencing the new act.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Adopts the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act, and amends the current law regarding depositions taken for use in a foreign jurisdiction by referencing the new act.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5708"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5708 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Craven", "Kislak", "McEntee", "McKiernan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd7f5735-76cf-486b-a487-ff52ff28f462"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "43eb3a8e0b0ba23c3808a52fc05dfd43671a4697833bd659f2b376980b9399f1"
+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 5708 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Adopts the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act, and amends the current law regarding depositions taken for use in a foreign jurisdiction by referencing the new act.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5708** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5708.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McKiernan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2019)
+- **2019-03-20** 03/20/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-04-29** 04/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2019)
+- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2019)
+- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/fd7f5735-76cf-486b-a487-ff52ff28f462`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+