---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows the presiding justice of the superior court, to create a superior court diversion program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows the presiding justice of the superior court, to create a superior court diversion program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6164"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6164 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Jacquard", "Maldonado", "Millea", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-30"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87d9310c-327d-4dfe-8980-16ac00388d0f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ec48236e391860116a9ab7622a8885f35e10faaf43d3d53b60537a59bd54943f"
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 6164 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows the presiding justice of the superior court, to create a superior court diversion program.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6164 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6164A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Jacquard — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Millea — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-16** 07/16/2019 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/87d9310c-327d-4dfe-8980-16ac00388d0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).