---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires the department of children, youth and families to report all suspected cases of child sexual abuse to the children's advocacy center.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires the department of children, youth and families to report all suspected cases of child sexual abuse to the children's advocacy center.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 412"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 412 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Human Services", "Minors", "Sexual Assault", "Victims of Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Cano", "Coyne", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "Mack", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3cf616e-d438-4f8d-9984-3359f3ad56a5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2defc58c55de4a073d0bbd5aa5e243563b1298068643ce0b0e06f26f4861b36d"
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 412 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Requires the department of children, youth and families to report all suspected cases of child sexual abuse to the children's advocacy center.)

## Version chain

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

1. **412** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0412.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2021)
- **2021-03-29** 03/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 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/b3cf616e-d438-4f8d-9984-3359f3ad56a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).