---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT"
description: "Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7036"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7036 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "Hopkins", "Kislak", "Read", "Roberts", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b020fe9b-3fa8-4475-aa2f-4e441b131c2a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1cd76e70a6b98a7a1c0a66a9b63648d39701f531e08e2ca96b2b035a5f634488"
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 7036 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT

Requires every school district to render assistance and cooperation within its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this chapter, to wit, providing the courts with any information concerning a child as the court may require.

## Version chain

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

1. **7036** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7036.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2026)
- **2026-02-05** 02/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/10/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/17/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/b020fe9b-3fa8-4475-aa2f-4e441b131c2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).