---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 605"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 605 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Drugs", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Conley", "Lombardi", "McCaffrey", "Nesselbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e5c9bd-a71a-48ad-a268-fd64c6d253c0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "55f75fcb14df858cef924468e3cb0324f1730773a8e7c24277402e221d3b97ec"
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 605 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)

## Version chain

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

1. **605** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0605.pdf)

## Votes

- COURTS - SUPERIOR COURT — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PRO — **63–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-30** 03/30/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2017)
- **2017-04-06** 04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2017)
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 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/47e5c9bd-a71a-48ad-a268-fd64c6d253c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).