---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- LEVY AND SALE ON EXECUTION"
description: "Exempts qualified tuition savings programs of any state authorized under 26 U.S.C. § 529 from judicial attachment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5645"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5645 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dawson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68099e1f-bdbb-463c-9b61-f42c62f51cbc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a267efab5c0984b020f5e70dd17ef030b35fbfae4ff061c4251f025340c3b9a0"
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 5645 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- LEVY AND SALE ON EXECUTION

Exempts qualified tuition savings programs of any state authorized under 26 U.S.C. § 529 from judicial attachment.

## Version chain

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

1. **5645** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5645.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/11/2025)
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/68099e1f-bdbb-463c-9b61-f42c62f51cbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).