---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - ELECTIVE SHARE (Clarifies the right of a surviving spouse of a decedent regarding elective shares taken against the decedent's will relating to real and personal estate to the estates of decedents dying on and after July 1, 2018.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - ELECTIVE SHARE (Clarifies the right of a surviving spouse of a decedent regarding elective shares taken against the decedent's will relating to real and personal estate to the estates of decedents dying on and after July 1, 2018.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7449"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7449 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Probate Practice", "Property", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Craven", "Knight", "McEntee", "McKiernan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0418712c-224d-4ed7-a28e-128e278f5f7b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bf779ff49e57f1668c656bbd7fd5eff88ddb63996fb932a88aa71db8e799f4b6"
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 7449 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - ELECTIVE SHARE (Clarifies the right of a surviving spouse of a decedent regarding elective shares taken against the decedent's will relating to real and personal estate to the estates of decedents dying on and after July 1, 2018.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7449.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McKiernan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/0418712c-224d-4ed7-a28e-128e278f5f7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).