---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN"
description: "Adds staff of day camps and residential camps for youth to the definition of \"person responsible for a child's welfare\" within the chapter on abused and neglected children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8092"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8092 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Dawson", "McEntee", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdf88a1b-d4b3-4698-960c-49e02c69786c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ad0ca856f28fb74ca37cdb32c736f3a35f22d4a6635535647b4c30411c1b12b4"
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 HB 8092 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN

Adds staff of day camps and residential camps for youth to the definition of "person responsible for a child's welfare" within the chapter on abused and neglected children.

## Version chain

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

1. **8092** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8092.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/16/2026)
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/cdf88a1b-d4b3-4698-960c-49e02c69786c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).