republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-604.md

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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	SB 604	Rhode Island SB 604 (2023)	bill	Civil Procedure Courts Criminal Procedure Domestic Relations Victims of Crime	enacted	Cano DiMario Euer Gallo LaMountain Mack Pearson Quezada Sosnowski Tikoian	1	15	2	2023-03-07	2023-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/14e62431-f10b-495e-acb4-a61742eadfe3	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	6a6b422a0afce9c1239760f66864d8266d8181076bea08c49df9a30713e97cf3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 604 (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. 604 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 68–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cano — primary (person)
• DiMario — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• LaMountain — primary (person)
• Mack — primary (person)
• Pearson — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)
• Tikoian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-07 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-24 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
• 2023-03-28 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-06-02 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
• 2023-06-05 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2023-06-06 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-07 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-08 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2023-06-09 06/09/2023 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-06-10 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
• 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence 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 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/14e62431-f10b-495e-acb4-a61742eadfe3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).