Rhode Island · Senate Bill 577 · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT

SB 577 Sponsored by Jonathon Acosta Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 26, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 26, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Prohibits family court from detaining or committing any youth, 12 years or younger, to training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses there is no other reasonable placement.

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced, referred to Senate Judiciary · Senate Judiciary
  2. CommitteeScheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2025) · Senate Judiciary
  3. CommitteeCommittee recommended measure be held for further study · Senate Judiciary

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 6 Democrats.

All 6 cosponsors

From Rhode Island's official records (status.rilegislature.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.