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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (Establishes the policies and procedures required for the recognition and enforcement of Foreign-Country Money Judgments and Registration of Canadian Judgments by the superior court.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (Establishes the policies and procedures required for the recognition and enforcement of Foreign-Country Money Judgments and Registration of Canadian Judgments by the superior court.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 801"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 801 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Finance", "Judiciary"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Coyne"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-04-08"
+last_action: "2021-07-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0e2c230-795b-43d1-9764-3569d5e9d760"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "76f6bfd3460f74cacd5030d1d45ccdb8b470afda6db5d637ec04c4e8a1c270fd"
+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 801 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (Establishes the policies and procedures required for the recognition and enforcement of Foreign-Country Money Judgments and Registration of Canadian Judgments by the superior court.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **801 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0801aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 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
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
+- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
+- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 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 as amended 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 as amended 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/b0e2c230-795b-43d1-9764-3569d5e9d760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+