---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT"
description: "Only protective orders issued against adults are to be transmitted to A.G.'s B.C.I. for inclusion in the R.O.N.C.O. system. Protective orders against juveniles will be accessible to law enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8349"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8349 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-06-09"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aafbf555-bb4b-4394-8935-1871a43bd1bb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7c16ad12921e033c62b6904c53a37e54b4b385454e7716251e816677a73fa44e"
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 8349 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT

Only protective orders issued against adults are to be transmitted to A.G.'s B.C.I. for inclusion in the R.O.N.C.O. system. Protective orders against juveniles will be accessible to law enforcement.

## Version chain

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

1. **8349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8349.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2024)
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House read and passed `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 in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/aafbf555-bb4b-4394-8935-1871a43bd1bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).