---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5906"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5906 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Cultural", "Human Services", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Hull", "Kennedy", "Morales", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80908f04-8741-4a79-904b-03fc5c6a45f4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "db9724a2420fc61dd5304dd5a25013e9518b93d0b0f066e4b3c227e64cdb6303"
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 5906 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5906** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5906.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cruz — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2023)
- **2023-03-09** 03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/80908f04-8741-4a79-904b-03fc5c6a45f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).