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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Allows recovery of damages for the emotional distress, grief, and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of the wrongful death of a spouse, a parent or a son or daughter.) AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Allows recovery of damages for the emotional distress, grief, and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of the wrongful death of a spouse, a parent or a son or daughter.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2021 SB 513 Rhode Island SB 513 (2021)
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Rhode Island SB 513 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS - DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Allows recovery of damages for the emotional distress, grief, and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of the wrongful death of a spouse, a parent or a son or daughter.)

Version chain

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

  1. 513 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • WRONGFUL ACT — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Archambault — primary (person)
  • Burke — primary (person)
  • DiMario — primary (person)
  • F Lombardi — primary (person)
  • Lombardo — primary (person)
  • McCaffrey — primary (person)
  • Murray — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-03-04 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2021)
  • 2021-03-29 03/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2021-05-14 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2021)
  • 2021-05-19 05/19/2021 Proposed Substitute
  • 2021-05-20 05/20/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-21 05/21/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
  • 2021-05-25 05/25/2021 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2021-05-27 05/27/2021 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
  • 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
  • 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2021-07-08 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-07-12 07/12/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/829849a9-f26a-47b6-9dae-e3ca5f1cae14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).