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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PROTECT OUR COURTS ACT"
+description: "Protects people attending Rhode Island court proceedings from civil arrest without a judicial warrant, ensures court access, sets enforcement rules, and provides remedies for violations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2045"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2045 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "Euer", "Kallman", "Mack", "McKenney", "Murray", "Quezada", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-09"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23981567-77f7-4c06-bfff-5882260aaeab"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0d78b425e4a70220c042e3edcaa467e130e88a885dcd9185c1f9717613927094"
+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 2045 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PROTECT OUR COURTS ACT
+
+Protects people attending Rhode Island court proceedings from civil arrest without a judicial warrant, ensures court access, sets enforcement rules, and provides remedies for violations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2045 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2045Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–5** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **32–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2026)
+- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-30** 05/30/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
+- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate voted to reconsider
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/23981567-77f7-4c06-bfff-5882260aaeab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+