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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE ON PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Limits credit of tortfeasor to amount paid by released tortfeasor.) AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE ON PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Limits credit of tortfeasor to amount paid by released tortfeasor.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2021 HB 5560 Rhode Island HB 5560 (2021)
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Rhode Island HB 5560 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE ON PARTICULAR ACTIONS - CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEASORS (Limits credit of tortfeasor to amount paid by released tortfeasor.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5560 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 730 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Batista — primary (person)
  • Craven — primary (person)
  • Knight — primary (person)
  • McEntee — primary (person)
  • Shanley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-12 02/12/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-05 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2021)
  • 2021-03-10 03/10/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2021-06-16 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
  • 2021-06-16 06/16/2021 Proposed Substitute
  • 2021-06-18 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-21 06/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
  • 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 House read and passed passage
  • 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
  • 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
  • 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2021-07-12 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-07-14 07/14/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f98cffeb-ee59-423e-8bc1-d0d15f6364d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).