---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows the presiding justice of the superior court, to create a superior court diversion program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows the presiding justice of the superior court, to create a superior court diversion program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 962"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 962 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-06"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd008a5c-508d-4a08-b2de-d6588b055ace"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "59931c4ce1dd4a376a2264bf121527eeee7b60210962d0dca45534d98d93a218"
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 962 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows the presiding justice of the superior court, to create a superior court diversion program.)

## Version chain

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

1. **962 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0962A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-17** 06/17/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-16** 07/16/2019 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/cd008a5c-508d-4a08-b2de-d6588b055ace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).