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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Requires that all persons seeking appointment as a limited guardian or guardian pursuant to chapter 15 of title 33 (\"Limited Guardianships and Guardianship of Adults\") be required to undergo a criminal background check.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Requires that all persons seeking appointment as a limited guardian or guardian pursuant to chapter 15 of title 33 (\"Limited Guardianships and Guardianship of Adults\") be required to undergo a criminal background check.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 845"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 845 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Coyne", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-30"
+last_action: "2019-07-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3142751d-5100-449a-b187-a07a943a5ee2"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "87fad6b7694be583fba8ecf13633b5c6d7c33cb41fb86a306f5fc0966c823a6a"
+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 845 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Requires that all persons seeking appointment as a limited guardian or guardian pursuant to chapter 15 of title 33 ("Limited Guardianships and Guardianship of Adults") be required to undergo a criminal background check.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **845 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0845A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **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`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-16** 07/16/2019 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/3142751d-5100-449a-b187-a07a943a5ee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+