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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- DISTRICT COURT"
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description: "Moves North Kingstown from the third division of the district court to the fourth division to better balance case workloads among the divisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2936"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2936 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Patalano"]
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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: "2026-03-04"
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last_action: "2026-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df96d7a8-896d-40d1-9b47-432361a8e338"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "dd4dcc9a2aad1a6d035d88bb55273581390dffd9048e133ec18035ee30a92ae3"
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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 2936 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- DISTRICT COURT
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Moves North Kingstown from the third division of the district court to the fourth division to better balance case workloads among the divisions.
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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. **2936** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2936.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Patalano — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
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- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
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- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-12** 06/12/2026 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/df96d7a8-896d-40d1-9b47-432361a8e338`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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