republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-406.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows family court to take individual's incarceration into consideration in motion to modify child support order by providing that incarceration is not "voluntary unemployment.")	AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows family court to take individual's incarceration into consideration in motion to modify child support order by providing that incarceration is not "voluntary unemployment.")	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 406	Rhode Island SB 406 (2017)	bill	Domestic Relations Children and Families Courts	enacted	Calkin Ciccone Conley Lynch Prata Quezada	1	21	3	2017-03-02	2017-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/a7a65344-f09a-4420-9f13-2adaac9a8383	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	a2326a6ba50863c0ac96743c2c5c583341b0b388c68b96c15a9a13e76bfcb01d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 406 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION (Allows family court to take individual's incarceration into consideration in motion to modify child support order by providing that incarceration is not "voluntary unemployment.")

Version chain

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

1. 406 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• In Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 68–0 (pass) · legislature
• CHILD SUPPORT — 32–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Calkin — primary (person)
• Ciccone — primary (person)
• Conley — primary (person)
• Lynch Prata — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-02 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-07 03/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2017)
• 2017-03-09 03/09/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
• 2017-03-09 03/09/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
• 2017-05-23 05/23/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-09 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2017)
• 2017-06-13 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-15 06/15/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2017)
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-22 06/22/2017 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 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 B committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 House passed Sub B passage
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2017-07-05 07/05/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-10 07/10/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7a65344-f09a-4420-9f13-2adaac9a8383. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).