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House Judiciary committee votes to hold all bills for further study
Summary
At the April 3, 2025 hearing the Rhode Island House Committee on Judiciary approved a procedural motion to hold all bills on the evening's agenda for further study; the vote was procedural and does not indicate support or opposition to any bill's merits.
The House Committee on Judiciary voted to hold all bills on its April 3, 2025 agenda for further study, a procedural motion the chairman described as not reflecting any committee position on the merits of the measures.
Chairman Craven opened the hearing by reading a standard explanation of the motion and asked for a motion to “hold all bills for further study.” A motion was made and seconded; the chair then called the voice vote and said, “The ayes have it.”
The chairman emphasized that a vote to hold is procedural only and allows members time to review testimony and organize subsequent hearings. No roll-call or individual vote tally was recorded on the transcript.
With the motion passed, all bills on the evening's agenda were put “in play” for witness testimony but not scheduled for immediate committee action. Several sponsors then presented bills and witnesses testified; the committee proceeded to take testimony on multiple correction- and criminal-justice-related bills that remain under study.
The procedural motion does not change the content of any bill and does not schedule final consideration; it is an administrative step to permit further review and collection of testimony.
