---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN - PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Narrows the definition of an adult for the purposes of proceedings in family court to only those eighteen (18) years of age and older.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN - PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Narrows the definition of an adult for the purposes of proceedings in family court to only those eighteen (18) years of age and older.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2458"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2458 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Delinquent and Dependent Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Gallo", "Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd0e8eab-4e5f-4a74-a01e-263cd654ae33"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3634b2f8637e2ff6f115e754d4a61356d82f1c01fb54d7fdd633eaaf2a10297e"
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 2458 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN - PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT (Narrows the definition of an adult for the purposes of proceedings in family court to only those eighteen (18) years of age and older.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2458** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2458.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2018)
- **2018-02-27** 02/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House 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/bd0e8eab-4e5f-4a74-a01e-263cd654ae33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).