---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS (Amends the definition of \"domestic abuse\" to include acts by a person who knowingly/willfully encourages/aids/coerces any minor child to engage in commercial sex acts and allows a parent or legal custodian to seek a protective order on behalf of a minor.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS (Amends the definition of \"domestic abuse\" to include acts by a person who knowingly/willfully encourages/aids/coerces any minor child to engage in commercial sex acts and allows a parent or legal custodian to seek a protective order on behalf of a minor.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 610"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 610 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Conley", "Lombardi", "McCaffrey", "Nesselbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15c1bc3f-ce7b-46e7-bb1c-a42184117966"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "95e8d90c23b653423cd15b783c42e311fbb623e1d546d4dd475315743f2cea28"
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 610 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS (Amends the definition of "domestic abuse" to include acts by a person who knowingly/willfully encourages/aids/coerces any minor child to engage in commercial sex acts and allows a parent or legal custodian to seek a protective order on behalf of a minor.)

## Version chain

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

1. **610 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0610A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (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 indefinite postponement
- **2017-04-06** 04/06/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A 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 of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Senate voted to recommit to Senate Judiciary
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 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/15c1bc3f-ce7b-46e7-bb1c-a42184117966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).