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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS (Grants the district and family courts the explicit statutory authority to issue equitable orders incidental to their adjudication of matters falling within their jurisdiction under this chapter.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS (Grants the district and family courts the explicit statutory authority to issue equitable orders incidental to their adjudication of matters falling within their jurisdiction under this chapter.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2689"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2689 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Behavioral Healthcare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-20"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d0f670a-e72b-460c-8925-6093b3385f1c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5c754b77d62ad38ab7c36eb26ffb31a120e1c871f9034804305a34b58ac85860"
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 2689 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS (Grants the district and family courts the explicit statutory authority to issue equitable orders incidental to their adjudication of matters falling within their jurisdiction under this chapter.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2689 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2689Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **360** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2018)
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/0d0f670a-e72b-460c-8925-6093b3385f1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).