States / Rhode Island / HB 7207
HB 7207 In Committee
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- DEATH BY WRONGFUL ACT
Introduced
In Committee
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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
- Jan 21, 2026
- Last action
- Jan 21, 2026 — 01/21/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
- Sponsor
- George Nardone R
- Session
- 2026
- Momentum
- 44 · Moderate