republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5903.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - VISITATION RIGHTS (Establishes guidelines for the family court to use to decide petitions for visitation by grandparents based on a best interest of the grandchild standard.)	AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - VISITATION RIGHTS (Establishes guidelines for the family court to use to decide petitions for visitation by grandparents based on a best interest of the grandchild standard.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5903	Rhode Island HB 5903 (2017)	bill	Grandparents Rights Domestic Relations Children and Families Courts Minors	enacted	Coughlin Lombardi Mendonca Shanley Solomon	1	13	1	2017-03-10	2017-07-18	openstates	ocd-bill/72c10f64-5531-4cfc-9525-eb0517f8a5b9	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	7c62f0a8e12b9fe2334ba416ac52db234565e4f37516c638a9d840a82b1a0472	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5903 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - VISITATION RIGHTS (Establishes guidelines for the family court to use to decide petitions for visitation by grandparents based on a best interest of the grandchild standard.)

Version chain

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

1. 5903 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 71–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Coughlin — primary (person)
• Lombardi — primary (person)
• Mendonca — primary (person)
• Shanley — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-10 03/10/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-10 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2017-03-15 03/15/2017 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/15/2017)
• 2017-04-20 04/20/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2017)
• 2017-04-26 04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 House read and passed passage
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2017-07-13 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-18 07/18/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72c10f64-5531-4cfc-9525-eb0517f8a5b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).