---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires all CASA (court-appointed special advocate) volunteers to first pass DCYF clearance as well as a national criminal background check before qualifying for appointment by the court.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires all CASA (court-appointed special advocate) volunteers to first pass DCYF clearance as well as a national criminal background check before qualifying for appointment by the court.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 614"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 614 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DCYF", "Children and Families", "Human Services", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Jabour", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b46ef55d-bce8-413e-8297-1e7d1a5a70f0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "cdd7a1fbb2ef6ee24a5d9313c96b7efa385f94c1230429dcba6c136e4baa4428"
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 614 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires all CASA (court-appointed special advocate) volunteers to first pass DCYF clearance as well as a national criminal background check before qualifying for appointment by the court.)

## Version chain

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

1. **614 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0614A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)
- Jabour — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — 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`
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2017)
- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-17** 06/17/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/b46ef55d-bce8-413e-8297-1e7d1a5a70f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).