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type: "Bill"
title: "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.\")"
description: "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.\")"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 406"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 406 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Children and Families", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Ciccone", "Conley", "Lynch Prata", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7a65344-f09a-4420-9f13-2adaac9a8383"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a2326a6ba50863c0ac96743c2c5c583341b0b388c68b96c15a9a13e76bfcb01d"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0406B.pdf)
## Votes
- In Concurrence — **340** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **680** (pass) · legislature
- CHILD SUPPORT — **320** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7a65344-f09a-4420-9f13-2adaac9a8383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).