---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT (Renames the domestic violence prevention fund as the Deborah DeBare domestic violence prevention fund.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT (Renames the domestic violence prevention fund as the Deborah DeBare domestic violence prevention fund.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8188"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8188 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Fellela", "Mattiello", "Shekarchi", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-05-11"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/446d47b5-36e5-486c-b767-072b61bd5e88"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1e13dee871b6b84f70c88299a1f91bb3fb819a315ce8f354b7dde46a003d4268"
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 8188 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT (Renames the domestic violence prevention fund as the Deborah DeBare domestic violence prevention fund.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8188.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Mattiello — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate voted to reconsider
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 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/446d47b5-36e5-486c-b767-072b61bd5e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).