RI SB 2953
Status unknownAN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Description
Provides immunity for mediators and staff employed by the family court in the family court mediation program from financial liability for certain claims arising out of their participation in the program.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-04
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-06-19 — 06/19/2026 Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Tikoianprimary
- Famigliettiprimary
- LaMountainprimary
- Dimitriprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-03-04
03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
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2026-03-27
03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
2026-03-31
03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2026-05-26
05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
2026-05-28
05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage
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2026-05-29
05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026)
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2026-06-03
06/03/2026 Senate read and passed
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2026-06-05
06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026)
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2026-06-08
06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence
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2026-06-16
06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor
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2026-06-19
06/19/2026 Signed by Governor
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Versions
- 2953Compare
Documents
Votes
Passage
2026-06-03 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Acosta: yes
- Appollonio, Jr.: yes
- Bell: yes
- Bissaillon: other
- Britto: yes
- Burke: yes
- Ciccone: yes
- de la Cruz: yes
- DiMario: yes
- Dimitri: yes
- DiPalma: yes
- Euer: yes
- Famiglietti: yes
- Felag: yes
- Gallo: yes
- Gu: yes
- Kallman: yes
- LaMountain: yes
- Lauria: yes
- Mack: yes
- McKenney: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Murray: yes
- Paolino: yes
- Patalano: yes
- Pearson: yes
- Quezada: yes
- Raptakis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Sosnowski: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tikoian: yes
- Ujifusa: yes
- Urso: yes
- Valverde: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Zurier: yes
- Madam President: yes
IN CONCURRENCE
2026-06-08 · pass · 69-0
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: other
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: yes
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: yes
- Batista: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: yes
- Boylan: yes
- Brien: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: yes
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: yes
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Dawson: other
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: yes
- Fascia: yes
- Felix: other
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: yes
- Fogarty: yes
- Furtado: yes
- Giraldo: yes
- Handy: yes
- Hopkins: yes
- Hull: yes
- Kazarian: yes
- Kennedy: yes
- Kislak: yes
- Knight: yes
- Lima: yes
- Lombardi: yes
- Marszalkowski: yes
- McEntee: yes
- McGaw: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: yes
- Newberry: yes
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Paplauskas: other
- Perez: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Place: yes
- Potter: yes
- Quattrocchi: yes
- Read: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Santucci: yes
- Serpa: yes
- ShallcrossSmith: yes
- Shanley: yes
- Shekarchi: other
- Slater: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Speakman: yes
- Spears: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Tanzi: other
- Voas: yes
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