---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS - USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Protects communications between language interpreters appointed under this chapter and limited-English-proficient persons.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS - USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Protects communications between language interpreters appointed under this chapter and limited-English-proficient persons.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7733"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7733 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Knight", "McEntee", "McKiernan", "Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/696c1a0d-cfe4-47ba-9dec-1b32a0053e82"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8e4648cd72dc687e0449435369275c40804e9d4cacb95a12d9a196dfb02441f6"
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 7733 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS - USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Protects communications between language interpreters appointed under this chapter and limited-English-proficient persons.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7733** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7733.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McKiernan — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Committee transferred to House H.E.W.
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-04-23** 04/23/2018 Meeting postponed (04/25/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 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/696c1a0d-cfe4-47ba-9dec-1b32a0053e82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).