---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Statute of limitation for childhood sex abuse claims extended to 35 years.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Statute of limitation for childhood sex abuse claims extended to 35 years.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 315 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Causes of Action", "Children and Families", "Civil Procedure", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Conley", "Nesselbush", "Pearson", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07f4620b-af6c-4480-b9d5-44dd247a4ca4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "caa2a149e4b8e16fa07552c9525e229e5edf4bc766e2ce1bb58c19f7136d7e04"
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 315 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Statute of limitation for childhood sex abuse claims extended to 35 years.)

## Version chain

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

1. **315 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0315Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2019)
- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-01** 07/01/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-01** 07/01/2019 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/07f4620b-af6c-4480-b9d5-44dd247a4ca4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).