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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- ABUSIVE LITIGATION (Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.) AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- ABUSIVE LITIGATION (Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2023 HB 5883 Rhode Island HB 5883 (2023)
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1 14 1 2023-03-01 2023-06-20 openstates ocd-bill/a93c4a7a-97f8-4e4a-9342-4e0fb1a1a94f https://status.rilegislature.gov/ ce6241b31ce5347817ac2927239768d8bc4f3622eb6d12cd0b76502d3f04cf0c 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Rhode Island HB 5883 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- ABUSIVE LITIGATION (Prohibits abusive litigation context of domestic violence or stalking and allow the court to dismiss a case upon finding, by preponderance of the evidence, that the person who filed the case is abusing the system.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5883 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 660 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Caldwell — primary (person)
  • Casimiro — primary (person)
  • Craven — primary (person)
  • Dawson — primary (person)
  • Diaz — primary (person)
  • Donovan — primary (person)
  • Felix — primary (person)
  • Kazarian — primary (person)
  • McEntee — primary (person)
  • Spears — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-01 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-03 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2023-03-07 03/07/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/09/2023)
  • 2023-05-12 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2023)
  • 2023-05-16 05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2023-06-10 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
  • 2023-06-11 06/11/2023 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) reading-3
  • 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) reading-3
  • 2023-06-14 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A 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/a93c4a7a-97f8-4e4a-9342-4e0fb1a1a94f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).