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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT Provides that a magistrate of the family court has the power and authority to hear contested divorce matters. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2024 HB 7271 Rhode Island HB 7271 (2024)
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Rhode Island HB 7271 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT

Provides that a magistrate of the family court has the power and authority to hear contested divorce matters.

Version chain

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

  1. 7271 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 629 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Craven — primary (person)
  • Dawson — primary (person)
  • Shanley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-24 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2024-01-26 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2024)
  • 2024-02-01 02/01/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2024-04-18 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2024)
  • 2024-04-24 04/24/2024 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-04-26 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-04-30 04/30/2024 House read and passed passage
  • 2024-05-13 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
  • 2024-06-06 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-06-11 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-06-13 06/13/2024 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2024-06-21 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2024-06-29 06/29/2024 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb61ca9a-99f2-4dab-8cc4-b4810ce8ddbc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).