republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-56.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 56	Rhode Island SB 56 (2021)	bill	Children and Families Developmentally Disabled Equal Rights/Discrimination Handicapped State Affairs	enacted	DiPalma Goodwin McCaffrey Ruggerio de la Cruz	1	14	2	2021-01-19	2021-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/a37939ed-330c-4cf7-9eb8-2a10bc16e136	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	fbc8f2688cc229fe227859568da76dbcb6e2347d110b16c635ffb5458d588966	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 56 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)

Version chain

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

1. 56 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 73–0 (pass) · upper
• DISABLED PARENT ACT — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Ruggerio — primary (person)
• de la Cruz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-19 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-02-19 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2021)
• 2021-02-25 02/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-03-19 03/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2021)
• 2021-03-25 03/25/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2021)
• 2021-03-30 03/30/2021 Senate read and passed passage
• 2021-04-01 04/01/2021 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-05-07 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2021)
• 2021-05-12 05/12/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-14 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
• 2021-05-18 05/18/2021 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2021-05-18 05/18/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-26 05/26/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a37939ed-330c-4cf7-9eb8-2a10bc16e136. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).