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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION -- THE RHODE ISLAND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION DEFENSE ACT"
+description: "Creates the Rhode Island Federal Constitution defense act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2605"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2605 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "Euer", "Mack", "Murray", "Urso", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-13"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcc8bbc8-c8dd-415f-8010-d2c07652d047"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5824df8ae3dd399dc8b76b3323b3a408809683303034a47ae8b412184753d79a"
+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 2605 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION -- THE RHODE ISLAND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION DEFENSE ACT
+
+Creates the Rhode Island Federal Constitution defense act.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2605** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2605.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **31–7** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-13** 02/13/2026 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`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed 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/fcc8bbc8-c8dd-415f-8010-d2c07652d047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+