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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Provides persons under limited guardianship, guardianship conservatorship with rights designed to protect them from mental, physical and financial abuse by guardians and conservators retroactively and prospectively.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Provides persons under limited guardianship, guardianship conservatorship with rights designed to protect them from mental, physical and financial abuse by guardians and conservators retroactively and prospectively.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 711"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 711 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Probate Practice", "Guardians/Conservators", "Criminal Procedure", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Conley", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "Nesselbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e644561-9cd9-4e7a-82ef-394ffa467fe2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "69579d8e7a20836a10c9eb3251c8c0ecae277bb8c81a06f3ad7fb1bef2286245"
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 711 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS (Provides persons under limited guardianship, guardianship conservatorship with rights designed to protect them from mental, physical and financial abuse by guardians and conservators retroactively and prospectively.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **711** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0711.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **690** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **350** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Archambault — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-04-04** 04/04/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2017)
- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 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 recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 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/4e644561-9cd9-4e7a-82ef-394ffa467fe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).