republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-736.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Products liability defense of subsequent alteration eliminated.)	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Products liability defense of subsequent alteration eliminated.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 736	Rhode Island SB 736 (2021)	bill	Causes of Action Civil Procedure Courts Death Property	enacted	Archambault McCaffrey	1	12	1	2021-03-26	2021-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/e93782d5-e5b5-4efe-828b-308b5a528f4f	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	4609381ecb6cec8ce9777687cc164f3feb4bdd243dcf8d02a638a694670c3e8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 736 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Products liability defense of subsequent alteration eliminated.)

Version chain

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

1. 736 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• • CAUSES OF ACTION — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Archambault — 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)
• 2021-06-26 06/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-09 07/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-13 07/13/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e93782d5-e5b5-4efe-828b-308b5a528f4f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).