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IntroducedMar 06, 2026
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Passed HouseMay 05, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Rhode Island House Bill
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Changes the term of drug court to recovery court.)
Last Action See all actions
House • May 05, 2026: 05/05/2026 House read and passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 8247
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 71
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Batista
- Bennett
- Blazejewski
- Boylan
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Chippendale
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Costantino
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- Dawson
- DeSimone
- Diaz
- Donovan
- Fascia
- Felix
- Fellela
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Hopkins
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Nardone
- Newberry
- Noret
- O'Brien
- Paplauskas
- Phillips
- Place
- Potter
- Quattrocchi
- Read
- Roberts
- Sanchez
- Santucci
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Spears
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Voas
NO: 0
Actions
- May 05, 2026 | House
- 05/05/2026 House read and passed
- May 01, 2026 | House
- 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026)
- Apr 28, 2026 | House
- 04/28/2026 Committee recommends passage
- Apr 24, 2026 | House
- 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Apr 03, 2026 | House
- 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)
- Mar 06, 2026 | House
- 03/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
Bill Texts
Documents
- 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)
- 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
- 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026)
- House Judiciary: 04-09-2026--H8247--Dayna_Gladstein, Newport Mental Health--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 04-09-2026--H8247--Letters of support, submitted by John J._Tassoni, Jr., SUMHLC--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 04-09-2026--H8247--Sarah_Kelly_Palmer, FSRI--JudPDF



