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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-56.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 56"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 56 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Children and Families", "Developmentally Disabled", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Handicapped", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio", "de la Cruz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-19"
+last_action: "2021-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a37939ed-330c-4cf7-9eb8-2a10bc16e136"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fbc8f2688cc229fe227859568da76dbcb6e2347d110b16c635ffb5458d588966"
+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 56 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0056.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
+- DISABLED PARENT ACT — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+- de la Cruz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-19** 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2021)
+- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2021)
+- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2021)
+- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2021)
+- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
+- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 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/a37939ed-330c-4cf7-9eb8-2a10bc16e136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+