---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Requires that all persons seeking appointment as a limited guardian or guardian pursuant to chapter 15 of title 33 (\"Limited Guardianships and Guardianship of Adults\") be required to undergo a criminal background check.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Requires that all persons seeking appointment as a limited guardian or guardian pursuant to chapter 15 of title 33 (\"Limited Guardianships and Guardianship of Adults\") be required to undergo a criminal background check.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 845"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 845 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Coyne", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-30"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3142751d-5100-449a-b187-a07a943a5ee2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "87fad6b7694be583fba8ecf13633b5c6d7c33cb41fb86a306f5fc0966c823a6a"
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 845 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Requires that all persons seeking appointment as a limited guardian or guardian pursuant to chapter 15 of title 33 ("Limited Guardianships and Guardianship of Adults") be required to undergo a criminal background check.)

## Version chain

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

1. **845 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0845A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate 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 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 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`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `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 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/3142751d-5100-449a-b187-a07a943a5ee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).