---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT"
description: "Allows for the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault reporting forms by law enforcement agencies, enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms, and clarifies that the reporting forms should be submitted monthly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2985"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2985 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Euer", "Mack", "Pearson", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2a36986-75d1-4251-9605-4092fb66a84e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "80c59a8606c97c37c68cb575bc75a81554b8a8e4c4611dba30da7f41f2427bb5"
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 SB 2985 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT

Allows for the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault reporting forms by law enforcement agencies, enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms, and clarifies that the reporting forms should be submitted monthly.

## Version chain

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

1. **2985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2985.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2026)
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/14/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2026)
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/b2a36986-75d1-4251-9605-4092fb66a84e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).