republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5975.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LAW PRACTICE (Provide that the rules of the unauthorized practice of law committee would be approved and promulgated by the supreme court.)	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LAW PRACTICE (Provide that the rules of the unauthorized practice of law committee would be approved and promulgated by the supreme court.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 5975	Rhode Island HB 5975 (2021)	bill	Courts Criminal Offense Criminal Procedure Judiciary	enacted	Batista	1	14	1	2021-02-26	2021-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/3388f90d-35fb-433e-aed9-1c6194fdff19	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	742a5f714a416dd24c36c29d63a7f087e8e1376e2d7918783ec44b39e407f69f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5975 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LAW PRACTICE (Provide that the rules of the unauthorized practice of law committee would be approved and promulgated by the supreme court.)

Version chain

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

1. 5975 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Batista — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26 02/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2021)
• 2021-03-31 03/31/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
• 2021-06-10 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2021)
• 2021-06-16 06/16/2021 House read and passed passage
• 2021-06-17 06/17/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-06-18 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
• 2021-06-21 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-26 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-02 07/02/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3388f90d-35fb-433e-aed9-1c6194fdff19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).