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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows the presiding justice of the superior court, to create a superior court diversion program.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows the presiding justice of the superior court, to create a superior court diversion program.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 962"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 962 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McCaffrey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-06-06"
+last_action: "2019-07-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd008a5c-508d-4a08-b2de-d6588b055ace"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "59931c4ce1dd4a376a2264bf121527eeee7b60210962d0dca45534d98d93a218"
+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 962 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows the presiding justice of the superior court, to create a superior court diversion program.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **962 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0962A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2019)
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-17** 06/17/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/cd008a5c-508d-4a08-b2de-d6588b055ace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+