---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - SUPREME COURT - COURTS (Removes all references to \"and Providence Plantations\" in statutes relating to the judiciary, in accordance with the constitutional amendment approved by the voters on November 3, 2020.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - SUPREME COURT - COURTS (Removes all references to \"and Providence Plantations\" in statutes relating to the judiciary, in accordance with the constitutional amendment approved by the voters on November 3, 2020.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6095"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6095 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Judiciary", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Baginski", "Barros", "Diaz", "Felix", "Henries", "Morales", "Potter", "Tanzi", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6bc4cd0-9443-4c7a-ac4e-b707268d4e77"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ed5da8e7e5ce1c0acbb967cdcf3b387dd3b7c4cd8b09050cecd1e7cc934160f6"
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 6095 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - SUPREME COURT - COURTS (Removes all references to "and Providence Plantations" in statutes relating to the judiciary, in accordance with the constitutional amendment approved by the voters on November 3, 2020.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6095** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6095.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Barros — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** 03/03/2021 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2021)
- **2021-03-24** 03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/26/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 04/26/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** 04/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2021)
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 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/b6bc4cd0-9443-4c7a-ac4e-b707268d4e77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).