republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-5513.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Raises the minimum recovery in a civil action to recover for a wrongful death from $250,000 to $365,000 and automatically increases for inflation the minimum recovery annually on January 31. The increase is based on the consumer price index.)	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Raises the minimum recovery in a civil action to recover for a wrongful death from $250,000 to $365,000 and automatically increases for inflation the minimum recovery annually on January 31. The increase is based on the consumer price index.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	HB 5513	Rhode Island HB 5513 (2023)	bill	Civil Procedure Consumer Affairs Courts Death Fees	enacted	Baginski Dawson J. Brien McEntee Potter	1	15	1	2023-02-10	2023-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/8f735820-28c1-4aa5-8c86-3667e22302bc	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	af047c8bcd9197ada66cedab18ad564a04340fb8eb7a929cafa5d2908f8e6bad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5513 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT (Raises the minimum recovery in a civil action to recover for a wrongful death from $250,000 to $365,000 and automatically increases for inflation the minimum recovery annually on January 31. The increase is based on the consumer price index.)

Version chain

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

1. 5513 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 67–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Baginski — primary (person)
• Dawson — primary (person)
• J. Brien — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)
• Potter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-10 02/10/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 03/01/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2023)
• 2023-03-06 03/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-05-12 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2023)
• 2023-05-12 05/12/2023 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2023-05-16 05/16/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-19 05/19/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2023) reading-3
• 2023-05-23 05/23/2023 House passed Sub A passage
• 2023-06-05 06/05/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-06-10 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
• 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A 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 Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-23 06/23/2023 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f735820-28c1-4aa5-8c86-3667e22302bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).