---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Adopts the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act, and amends the current law regarding depositions taken for use in a foreign jurisdiction by referencing the new act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Adopts the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act, and amends the current law regarding depositions taken for use in a foreign jurisdiction by referencing the new act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5708"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5708 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Craven", "Kislak", "McEntee", "McKiernan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd7f5735-76cf-486b-a487-ff52ff28f462"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "43eb3a8e0b0ba23c3808a52fc05dfd43671a4697833bd659f2b376980b9399f1"
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 5708 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Adopts the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act, and amends the current law regarding depositions taken for use in a foreign jurisdiction by referencing the new act.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5708** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5708.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2019)
- **2019-03-20** 03/20/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-29** 04/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2019)
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2019)
- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/fd7f5735-76cf-486b-a487-ff52ff28f462`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).