republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/hb-5171.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Statute of limitation for childhood sex abuse claims extended to 35 years.)	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Statute of limitation for childhood sex abuse claims extended to 35 years.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2019	HB 5171	Rhode Island HB 5171 (2019)	bill	Courts Criminal Procedure	enacted	Blazejewski Casimiro Craven McEntee O'Brien	1	18	2	2019-01-23	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/05a54cdc-8946-474e-8f58-99ad0cb71e40	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	4f522100ce6c16566512d3c653c9a9cfc26b2110d5cfcc278a6a2a4ee421988e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5171 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Statute of limitation for childhood sex abuse claims extended to 35 years.)

Version chain

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

1. 5171 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 66–1 (pass) · lower
• IN CONCURRENCE — 70–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blazejewski — primary (person)
• Casimiro — primary (person)
• Craven — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)
• O'Brien — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-23 01/23/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 02/12/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2019)
• 2019-02-26 02/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-05-24 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
• 2019-05-24 05/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
• 2019-05-28 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-28 05/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2019)
• 2019-05-30 05/30/2019 House passed Sub A passage
• 2019-06-06 06/06/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/26/2019)
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Proposed Substitute
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub B passage
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 House passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-01 07/01/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05a54cdc-8946-474e-8f58-99ad0cb71e40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).