---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- COURT ADMINISTRATION"
description: "For purposes of the judicial security act permits an authorized agent to file a written notice with a state, county, or municipal agency on behalf of a protected individual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2937"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2937 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Dimitri", "Famiglietti", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Patalano", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6fac1c1-fa26-4ce0-9938-7ef1364701f5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eb8decbaa199365055f3df49ca7142497afd4f5ac94ad27f831584c9cf546fd2"
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 2937 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- COURT ADMINISTRATION

For purposes of the judicial security act permits an authorized agent to file a written notice with a state, county, or municipal agency on behalf of a protected individual.

## Version chain

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

1. **2937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2937.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Famiglietti — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Meeting postponed (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House 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/d6fac1c1-fa26-4ce0-9938-7ef1364701f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).