---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 893"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 893 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "LaMountain", "Quezada", "Tikoian", "Ujifusa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5868b377-91d9-43e6-9385-9149ac1d6920"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a3af4861911842d964ba03f5d38b6b3004d4e95525e8710da48056a9e1874c83"
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 893 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)

## Version chain

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

1. **893** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0893.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/18/2023)
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/5868b377-91d9-43e6-9385-9149ac1d6920`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).