---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT"
description: "Establishes concurrent jurisdiction between the Rhode Island Family Court and the Federal Government for the purposes of adjudicating minors who have allegedly committed a crime on a military installation located in the State of Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 557"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 557 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "LaMountain"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b53dd5db-f831-4f20-8b61-00f037aae9ba"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dd73041f6e19b2690994f1340c1b4b733df69ff3a125107df8c2144b6d556ac1"
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 557 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT

Establishes concurrent jurisdiction between the Rhode Island Family Court and the Federal Government for the purposes of adjudicating minors who have allegedly committed a crime on a military installation located in the State of Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **557 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0557aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2025)
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/b53dd5db-f831-4f20-8b61-00f037aae9ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).