---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - THE HEALTHY PREGNANCIES FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN ACT (Prohibits the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners during transport to and from court proceedings by sheriffs and/or incarceration at the ACI with annual reports to the general assembly effective January 1, 2019.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - THE HEALTHY PREGNANCIES FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN ACT (Prohibits the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners during transport to and from court proceedings by sheriffs and/or incarceration at the ACI with annual reports to the general assembly effective January 1, 2019.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2268"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2268 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Correctional Institutions", "Courts", "General Assembly", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gee", "Lynch Prata", "Metts", "Nesselbush", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7b37c46-50a2-4ab7-8c17-b0a674d7c79b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e63829c11e8179163135fb03d38950d181ecfafa1a674a07b456e73aaf52b607"
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 2268 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - THE HEALTHY PREGNANCIES FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN ACT (Prohibits the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners during transport to and from court proceedings by sheriffs and/or incarceration at the ACI with annual reports to the general assembly effective January 1, 2019.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2268 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2268A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gee — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/13/2018)
- **2018-02-13** 02/13/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A 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/b7b37c46-50a2-4ab7-8c17-b0a674d7c79b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).