---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT"
description: "Changes the term of drug court to recovery court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8247"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8247 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casimiro", "Cruz", "Diaz", "Giraldo", "Potter", "Read", "Shallcross Smith", "Slater", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-03-06"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f50ee1a1-0429-473a-960a-9bf15aa665d4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7cb2f0dd2284ebebfe67be12cb060288c29c2e7fbdf2bc0a8b7983bf5ea8e90e"
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 8247 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT

Changes the term of drug court to recovery court.

## Version chain

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

1. **8247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8247.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 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`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/f50ee1a1-0429-473a-960a-9bf15aa665d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).