---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- WRITS, SUMMONS AND PROCESS (Provides for minimum qualifications for court constable to include education, military, or law enforcement experience and drug and psychological screening.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- WRITS, SUMMONS AND PROCESS (Provides for minimum qualifications for court constable to include education, military, or law enforcement experience and drug and psychological screening.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 903"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 903 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Higher Education", "Military Affairs", "Police & Fire"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Coyne", "F Lombardi", "Lombardo", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-14"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f185172d-9528-455d-bdea-e620368978aa"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "937c4f8d26d243f491257eae1249ac3aa818712c8edbc6ca34cc59f8c924c7c7"
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 903 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- WRITS, SUMMONS AND PROCESS (Provides for minimum qualifications for court constable to include education, military, or law enforcement experience and drug and psychological screening.)

## Version chain

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

1. **903 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0903Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- -- WRITS, SUMMONS AND PROCESS — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **66–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2021)
- **2021-05-24** 05/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/f185172d-9528-455d-bdea-e620368978aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).