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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING ACT (Establishes the supported decision-making act which is a less restrictive alternative to guardianship for utilization of the probate courts.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING ACT (Establishes the supported decision-making act which is a less restrictive alternative to guardianship for utilization of the probate courts.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 31"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 31 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts", "Guardians/Conservators"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Lawson", "Nesselbush", "Satchell", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-15"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cfd094d-f3e3-4c67-89ba-fff859395fc3"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "eb5e72fd01deaeca92e3306908eabd413f7ca64e3b2c38172fd7ea81affdd0d5"
+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 31 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING ACT (Establishes the supported decision-making act which is a less restrictive alternative to guardianship for utilization of the probate courts.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **31 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0031A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Nesselbush — primary (person)
+- Satchell — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-15** 01/15/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2019)
+- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-17** 06/17/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
+- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2019)
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/8cfd094d-f3e3-4c67-89ba-fff859395fc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+