---
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: "SB 2948"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2948 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Cano", "Goodwin", "Nesselbush", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-31"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/281e4f2f-36b2-4ee4-b8b1-92782ada6e8c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ead59637c3231d33423481cd93816e4e2195b10fe4ec9fbf2f9cfc250a58c1c6"
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 2948 (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. **2948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2948.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calkin — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent 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/281e4f2f-36b2-4ee4-b8b1-92782ada6e8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).