Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island S3099: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Changes the term of drug court to recovery court.)
Status: Signed into law, June 23, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, March 13, 2026:
2026 -- S 3099 ======== LC006102 ======== STATEOFRHODEISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ ANACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT Introduced By: Senators Tikoian, Ciccone, LaMountain, Bissaillon, McKenney, Burke, Raptakis, Quezada, and Dimitri Date Introduced: March 13, 2026 Referred To: Senate Judiciary It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 8-2-39.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-2 entitled "Superior Court" is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-2-39.2. Drug court magistrate -- Appointment, duties and powers Recovery court magistrate -- Appointment, duties and powers. (a) For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Non-violent" means and includes all charges that are not crimes of violence, the following being a list of all charges considered to be crimes of violence for the purposes of this section: murder, manslaughter, first-degree arson, kidnapping with intent to extort, robbery, firstdegree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, first- and second-degree child molestation, assault, assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to rob, assault with intent to commit firstdegree sexual assault, entering a dwelling house with intent to commit murder, robbery, or sexual assault. (2) "Drug-addicted person" means a person who exhibits a maladaptive pattern of behavior resulting from drug use, including one or more of the compulsive use; and/or continued use despite harm, …
Sponsors
- David Tikoian (D, SD-022) · primary sponsor
- Frank Ciccone (D, SD-007)
- Matthew LaMountain (D, SD-031)
- Jacob Bissaillon (D, SD-001)
- Mark McKenney (D, SD-030)
- John Burke (D, SD-009)
- Leonidas Raptakis (D, SD-033)
- Ana Quezada (D, SD-002)
- Andrew Dimitri (D, SD-025)
Latest actions
- : Signed by Governor
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : House passed in concurrence
- : Placed on the House Consent Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage in concurrence
- : Scheduled for consideration
- : Referred to House Judiciary
- : Senate read and passed
- : Placed on Senate Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage
Votes
- House Seq #319: PASSAGE IN CONCURRENCE (June 8, 2026): 69 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Committee on Judiciary: Passage in concurrence (June 3, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Seq #100: (April 7, 2026): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Judiciary: Passage (March 31, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE
Common questions
- What is S3099?
- S3099 is a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Changes the term of drug court to recovery court.).
- What is the status of S3099?
- Signed into law as of June 23, 2026. Latest action: Signed by Governor (June 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored S3099?
- David Tikoian (D, SD-022), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S3099?
- On the Rhode Island Legislature website: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3099.pdf
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