---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM (Creates an Address Confidentiality Program for persons subjected to domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM (Creates an Address Confidentiality Program for persons subjected to domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2659"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2659 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiMario", "Euer", "Miller", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-10"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23800ba8-aa97-4731-ad20-ecacda42b6d4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "11d1cd604eddf4bca0632f28cc0b35f003fc7271e2509d18198067a04911890f"
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 2659 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM (Creates an Address Confidentiality Program for persons subjected to domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2659 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2659A.pdf)

## Votes

- CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2022)
- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Meeting postponed (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/23800ba8-aa97-4731-ad20-ecacda42b6d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).