---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- DISTRICT COURT (Permits retired district court clerk/magistrates or magistrates to be recalled after retirement.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- DISTRICT COURT (Permits retired district court clerk/magistrates or magistrates to be recalled after retirement.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2899"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2899 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "F Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-26"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57740b1d-ef7d-4ae9-a138-27a74753aee6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "aa2261398203a4d6260b1e4929e8b96b3348f9a488ea50e2cbb1a0d1ceda0edb"
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 2899 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- DISTRICT COURT (Permits retired district court clerk/magistrates or magistrates to be recalled after retirement.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2899** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2899.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2022)
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/57740b1d-ef7d-4ae9-a138-27a74753aee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).