---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE ON PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Limits credit of tortfeasor to amount paid by released tortfeasor.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE ON PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Limits credit of tortfeasor to amount paid by released tortfeasor.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 733"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 733 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Claims", "Courts", "Fees", "Tort"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["F Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-26"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5035f6e4-54ea-4c65-846e-549197be8a20"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fb7ebdc095ff95e9e1ee8922be342602f4a244d640e97777dfd965a3662426e9"
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 733 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE ON PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Limits credit of tortfeasor to amount paid by released tortfeasor.)

## Version chain

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

1. **733** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0733.pdf)

## Votes

- CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEA — **34–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — 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
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/5035f6e4-54ea-4c65-846e-549197be8a20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).