---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Settlement of claim related to Ringling Circus incident shall not discharge other joint tortfeasors.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Settlement of claim related to Ringling Circus incident shall not discharge other joint tortfeasors.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5475"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5475 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Jackson", "McEntee", "Millea", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5f76247-e041-4622-a3f5-6240d2f64270"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e811c17695b7bb5b558b514cbf8ef9018288095ce136b31174c009d624aa08ae"
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 5475 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Settlement of claim related to Ringling Circus incident shall not discharge other joint tortfeasors.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5475 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5475A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Millea — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** 03/04/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019)
- **2019-03-06** 03/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 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/e5f76247-e041-4622-a3f5-6240d2f64270`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).