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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS -- ABUSIVE LITIGATION (Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS -- ABUSIVE LITIGATION (Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 604"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 604 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Domestic Relations", "Victims of Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Mack", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14e62431-f10b-495e-acb4-a61742eadfe3"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6a6b422a0afce9c1239760f66864d8266d8181076bea08c49df9a30713e97cf3"
+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 604 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS -- ABUSIVE LITIGATION (Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **604 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0604A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
+- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/14e62431-f10b-495e-acb4-a61742eadfe3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+