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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 56"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 56 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children and Families", "Developmentally Disabled", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Handicapped", "State Affairs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio", "de la Cruz"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-19"
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last_action: "2021-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a37939ed-330c-4cf7-9eb8-2a10bc16e136"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "fbc8f2688cc229fe227859568da76dbcb6e2347d110b16c635ffb5458d588966"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# 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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0056.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
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- DISABLED PARENT ACT — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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- de la Cruz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-19** 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2021)
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- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2021)
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- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2021)
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- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2021)
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- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
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- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a37939ed-330c-4cf7-9eb8-2a10bc16e136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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