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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- PRACTICE IN PROBATE COURTS Outlines the process for a person petitioning to change their name in the probate court in the town or city where they reside. It would also make the statute regarding name change gender neutral. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2024 HB 8155 Rhode Island HB 8155 (2024)
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Rhode Island HB 8155 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- PRACTICE IN PROBATE COURTS

Outlines the process for a person petitioning to change their name in the probate court in the town or city where they reside. It would also make the statute regarding name change gender neutral.

Version chain

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

  1. 8155 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 682 (pass) · lower
  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 565 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Caldwell — primary (person)
  • Craven — primary (person)
  • McEntee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-04-10 04/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2024-05-03 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2024)
  • 2024-05-07 05/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2024-05-10 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
  • 2024-05-10 05/10/2024 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2024-05-14 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-05-17 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-05-21 05/21/2024 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2024-05-24 05/24/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2024-05-28 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
  • 2024-05-30 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-06-07 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-06-11 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2024-06-12 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2024-06-17 06/17/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f36da6e5-a1fb-4253-adf0-53ec74f3e778. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).