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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows for incarceration of an individual to be taken into consideration for the purposes of a motion to modify a child support order.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows for incarceration of an individual to be taken into consideration for the purposes of a motion to modify a child support order.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5553"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5553 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Domestic Relations", "Criminal Procedure", "Children and Families", "Courts", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Diaz", "Maldonado", "Slater", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4d0fccf-d3da-42d7-b41b-5165a5783f65"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "30ce0ecf7b28e9b4b6a9e9efacf49bc112d7c04986fd63414da043e34b9caebe"
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 5553 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows for incarceration of an individual to be taken into consideration for the purposes of a motion to modify a child support order.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5553 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5553A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **626** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Almeida — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-16** 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2017)
- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/e4d0fccf-d3da-42d7-b41b-5165a5783f65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).