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RI HB 8048

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AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- JUDICIAL SELECTION

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Permits RI Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Ethnic Fairness, in consultation with RI Bar Association and its Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, to appoint members of JNC and requires judicial candidates to disclose political donations.

Introduced
2026-02-27
Status date
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Latest action
2026-04-09 — 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Handyprimary
  • Tanziprimary
  • Ajelloprimary
  • Cruzprimary
  • Kislakprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-27

    02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary

    introduction,referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-03

    04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)

  3. 2026-04-09

    04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

    committee-failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://status.rilegislature.gov/

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:31:46.990152Z

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