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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT ADMINISTRATION (Invests the chief justice of the supreme court with the explicit authority to address issues affecting the conduct of judicial business and order whatever response(s) he or she deems necessary.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT ADMINISTRATION (Invests the chief justice of the supreme court with the explicit authority to address issues affecting the conduct of judicial business and order whatever response(s) he or she deems necessary.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 735"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 735 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Judges", "Judiciary"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "F Lombardi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-26"
+last_action: "2021-07-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55abf530-fcef-4d7e-82cd-262e3ac23607"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "21545147737c7795e3cae99e900deb33551210eb92946351a5e5b97e113e4c9e"
+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 735 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT ADMINISTRATION (Invests the chief justice of the supreme court with the explicit authority to address issues affecting the conduct of judicial business and order whatever response(s) he or she deems necessary.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **735** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0735.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ADMINISTRATION — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- F Lombardi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/29/2021)
+- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2021)
+- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2021)
+- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/55abf530-fcef-4d7e-82cd-262e3ac23607`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+