republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-733.md

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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	SB 733	Rhode Island SB 733 (2021)	bill	Civil Procedure Claims Courts Fees Tort	enacted	F Lombardi McCaffrey	1	11	1	2021-03-26	2021-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/5035f6e4-54ea-4c65-846e-549197be8a20	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	fb7ebdc095ff95e9e1ee8922be342602f4a244d640e97777dfd965a3662426e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 733 (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. 733 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONTRIBUTION AMONG JOINT TORTFEA — 34–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• F Lombardi — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-23 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/29/2021)
• 2021-04-29 04/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Senate read and passed passage
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 House 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/5035f6e4-54ea-4c65-846e-549197be8a20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).