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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURES GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURES GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2865"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2865 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Delinquent and Dependent Children", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Jabour", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "Nesselbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-03"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5b15d9f-2ff4-4681-b700-f5dade3f8ac3"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a09307ecfe95114b7f7711680ec4ca3213d791d88879306c6150f7a31688483d"
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 2865 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURES GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Allows a minor to bring specified malpractice actions at any time up to reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2865** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2865.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **690** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Archambault — primary (person)
- Jabour — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2018)
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/f5b15d9f-2ff4-4681-b700-f5dade3f8ac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).