---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DOMESTIC ASSAULT (Updates the language required to be given by police officers when responding to domestic abuse calls.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DOMESTIC ASSAULT (Updates the language required to be given by police officers when responding to domestic abuse calls.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5745"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5745 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Casey", "Donovan", "Jackson", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdf14d3a-5c6e-4bfd-89c7-64d512ce41cd"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3d8ee155245e4749530d65acc42233599bcdc8f38e42fb616234cc6a746fad18"
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 5745 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - DOMESTIC ASSAULT (Updates the language required to be given by police officers when responding to domestic abuse calls.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5745** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5745.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canario — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2019)
- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-29** 04/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2019)
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/bdf14d3a-5c6e-4bfd-89c7-64d512ce41cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).