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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 5906"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5906 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Cultural", "Human Services", "Judiciary"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cruz", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Hull", "Kennedy", "Morales", "Slater"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-03-01"
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last_action: "2023-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80908f04-8741-4a79-904b-03fc5c6a45f4"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "db9724a2420fc61dd5304dd5a25013e9518b93d0b0f066e4b3c227e64cdb6303"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5906 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS--USE OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Ensures that communications between court appointed interpreters and limited-English-proficient individuals involved in legal proceedings in the courts are confidential.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5906** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5906.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cruz — primary (person)
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- DeSimone — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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- Felix — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Morales — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2023)
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- **2023-03-09** 03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2023)
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- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80908f04-8741-4a79-904b-03fc5c6a45f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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