---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- DOMESTIC ASSAULT"
description: "Provides that effective July 1, 2025, any attorney who self-certifies that they have successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution training course shall have the authority to prosecute any violation of a protective order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7567"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7567 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Newberry", "Solomon", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e84b35c7-94a4-4c15-bfba-eeb9dc44a564"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "383f3c89b035515d3667bbed4ace28968aee1cbad8d688337b2d47256b463900"
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 7567 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- DOMESTIC ASSAULT

Provides that effective July 1, 2025, any attorney who self-certifies that they have successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution training course shall have the authority to prosecute any violation of a protective order.

## Version chain

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

1. **7567 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7567A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Newberry — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2024)
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/e84b35c7-94a4-4c15-bfba-eeb9dc44a564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).