---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT DIVERSION (Creates superior court diversion program, imposing certain service and screening conditions on defendants in return for exoneration of charges.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT DIVERSION (Creates superior court diversion program, imposing certain service and screening conditions on defendants in return for exoneration of charges.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 10 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health", "Civil Procedure", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Jabour", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey", "Metts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11ce9fdd-4cc8-4edc-8818-a65d2d67ee23"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2b30964081c234a076af824355fc8fbe267a63773797397c8dd78415dd8be65d"
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 10 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT DIVERSION (Creates superior court diversion program, imposing certain service and screening conditions on defendants in return for exoneration of charges.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **10 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0010B.pdf)

## Votes

- RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PRO — **63–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Jabour — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** 01/11/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-01-13** 01/13/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/19/2017)
- **2017-01-19** 01/19/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2017-01-19** 01/19/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (01/31/2017)
- **2017-01-31** 01/31/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31** 01/31/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/02/2017)
- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-02-03** 02/03/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 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/11ce9fdd-4cc8-4edc-8818-a65d2d67ee23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).