---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- DISTRICT COURT"
description: "Moves North Kingstown from the third division of the district court to the fourth division to better balance case workloads among the divisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2936"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2936 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Patalano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df96d7a8-896d-40d1-9b47-432361a8e338"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dd4dcc9a2aad1a6d035d88bb55273581390dffd9048e133ec18035ee30a92ae3"
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 2936 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- DISTRICT COURT

Moves North Kingstown from the third division of the district court to the fourth division to better balance case workloads among the divisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **2936** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2936.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Patalano — 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`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-12** 06/12/2026 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/df96d7a8-896d-40d1-9b47-432361a8e338`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).