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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT"
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description: "Provides that a magistrate of the family court has the power and authority to hear contested divorce matters."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2226"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2226 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Euer", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Murray", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-24"
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last_action: "2024-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dbcc29d-d6d9-41f9-919f-ea3a32d73ce9"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "ac821d0b6fc0c037b3c971eed57370b1ffac3a7956cac30da3a8116081a1f68e"
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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 SB 2226 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- FAMILY COURT
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Provides that a magistrate of the family court has the power and authority to hear contested divorce matters.
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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. **2226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2226.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–9** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **30–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
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- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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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/8dbcc29d-d6d9-41f9-919f-ea3a32d73ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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