---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE (Requires the child advocate to review case records of fatalities or near fatalities when there is abuse or neglect present and the family had prior department contacts.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE (Requires the child advocate to review case records of fatalities or near fatalities when there is abuse or neglect present and the family had prior department contacts.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 483"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 483 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Criminal Offense", "Death"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Conley", "Coyne", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fc36d30-0013-46ba-a27d-692c082bb26e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "90327699c1d946677a00e06cbb10d34165151c030c63133567ee42eeef0e7c30"
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 483 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE (Requires the child advocate to review case records of fatalities or near fatalities when there is abuse or neglect present and the family had prior department contacts.)

## Version chain

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

1. **483** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0483.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate 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
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2019)
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House 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/5fc36d30-0013-46ba-a27d-692c082bb26e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).