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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- PRACTICE IN PROBATE COURTS"
+description: "Outlines the process for a person petitioning to change their name in the probate court in the town or city where they reside. It would also make the statute regarding name change gender neutral."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 8155"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8155 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Craven", "McEntee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-04-10"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f36da6e5-a1fb-4253-adf0-53ec74f3e778"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ca8f2fc27fa6cf251ef010b729742995e10f88ea2b433fabff529c1c33f54a05"
+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 HB 8155 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- PRACTICE IN PROBATE COURTS
+
+Outlines the process for a person petitioning to change their name in the probate court in the town or city where they reside. It would also make the statute regarding name change gender neutral.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8155 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8155A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–2** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **5–65** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2024)
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/f36da6e5-a1fb-4253-adf0-53ec74f3e778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+