---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LAW PRACTICE (Provides that the rules and unauthorized practice of law committee would be approved and promulgated by the supreme court.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LAW PRACTICE (Provides that the rules and unauthorized practice of law committee would be approved and promulgated by the supreme court.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 726"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 726 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney", "Committees", "Courts", "Criminal Offense", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Euer", "F Lombardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-26"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8ffabab-6806-48a1-ac91-ed4b7d76e53b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e54c7d142929be2d4508a99db33dd00d01db7effff9c7576093469bc9d6b1520"
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 726 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LAW PRACTICE (Provides that the rules and unauthorized practice of law committee would be approved and promulgated by the supreme court.)

## Version chain

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

1. **726** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0726.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/29/2021)
- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 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/b8ffabab-6806-48a1-ac91-ed4b7d76e53b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).