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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2823"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2823 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Cano", "Crowley", "Goodwin", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-12"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19392630-3108-46d3-8922-2357952b147f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "78c9176332ebe9f9883ac6af52a77b7fda529190060cc31977c7a1b668851576"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2823A.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **360** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **530** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **250** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19392630-3108-46d3-8922-2357952b147f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).