---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- DOMESTIC ASSAULT"
description: "Provides that law enforcement officers who appears before the court for prosecution of a violation of a protective order shall self-certify that the officer has successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution training course."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6286"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6286 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Knight", "McGaw", "Read"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-30"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d49f3e2e-4ab6-4e31-b50c-b448f5889e92"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "92fea3500bc17ba76e01e40965c74d5d364ece0b25ec6799dfcf88ac986f01d9"
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 6286 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- DOMESTIC ASSAULT

Provides that law enforcement officers who appears before the court for prosecution of a violation of a protective order shall self-certify that the officer has successfully completed a specialized domestic violence prosecution training course.

## Version chain

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

1. **6286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6286.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-03** 07/03/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d49f3e2e-4ab6-4e31-b50c-b448f5889e92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).