States / Rhode Island / HB 5661
HB 5661 Failed
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT
Introduced
In Committee
Floor
Crossed Over
Passed
Enacted
Expands the statute of limitations with respect to any wrongful act resulting in the death of a child in utero or within six (6) months after the birth of the child, to ten (10) years after the death of the child.
- Chamber
- House
- Introduced
- Feb 26, 2025
- Last action
- Apr 8, 2025 — 04/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Sponsor
- Ramon Perez D
- Session
- 2025
- Momentum
- 5 · Stalled