republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/sb-2823.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS - LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS - USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Protects communications between language interpreters appointed under this chapter and limited-English-proficient persons.)	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS - LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS - USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Protects communications between language interpreters appointed under this chapter and limited-English-proficient persons.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	SB 2823	Rhode Island SB 2823 (2018)	bill	Courts Criminal Procedure	enacted	Calkin Cano Crowley Goodwin Quezada	1	16	3	2018-04-12	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/19392630-3108-46d3-8922-2357952b147f	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	78c9176332ebe9f9883ac6af52a77b7fda529190060cc31977c7a1b668851576	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2823 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS - LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS - USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Protects communications between language interpreters appointed under this chapter and limited-English-proficient persons.)

Version chain

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

1. 2823 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• In Concurrence — 25–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Calkin — primary (person)
• Cano — primary (person)
• Crowley — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-12 04/12/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-15 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2018)
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Senate read and passed passage
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Meeting postponed (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A passage
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A 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; origin ocd-bill/19392630-3108-46d3-8922-2357952b147f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).