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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Permits a signed release to be transmitted to the party responsible for paying the settlement or their attorney by electronic means.) AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Permits a signed release to be transmitted to the party responsible for paying the settlement or their attorney by electronic means.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2023 HB 5438 Rhode Island HB 5438 (2023)
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Rhode Island HB 5438 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Permits a signed release to be transmitted to the party responsible for paying the settlement or their attorney by electronic means.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5438 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 720 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Knight — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-08 02/08/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-02-24 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2023)
  • 2023-03-02 03/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2023-03-31 03/31/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2023)
  • 2023-04-04 04/04/2023 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-14 04/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/20/2023) reading-3
  • 2023-04-20 04/20/2023 House read and passed passage
  • 2023-06-06 06/06/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2023-06-06 06/06/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2023)
  • 2023-06-08 06/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2023-06-10 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
  • 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) reading-3
  • 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-20 06/20/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abde55d7-d711-4391-b95b-b45ed2214a8e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).