---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Defines \"adult\" as 18 years and older. Eliminates limitation on family court jurisdiction for cases of 17 year old children charged with specific serious crimes.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Defines \"adult\" as 18 years and older. Eliminates limitation on family court jurisdiction for cases of 17 year old children charged with specific serious crimes.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7503"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7503 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Delinquent and Dependent Children", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Cunha", "Maldonado", "Slater", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8602d9ab-3bb9-4db7-9c66-4849acbdf043"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fd59e38893ec0369ac0e46cb4e189e1c441df42a4208a734b40022f00a0bf9b0"
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 HB 7503 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Defines "adult" as 18 years and older. Eliminates limitation on family court jurisdiction for cases of 17 year old children charged with specific serious crimes.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7503.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Cunha — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** 02/08/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2018)
- **2018-02-27** 02/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/8602d9ab-3bb9-4db7-9c66-4849acbdf043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).