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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5717"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5717 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Drugs", "Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Coughlin", "Keable", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-01"
+last_action: "2017-10-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52ac5b25-cff9-4ab9-b0ed-630749b617de"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "1ddafe5a83ab1df7d3310c32fe59059ca61d9c53af9f2b395bbc41bbfdf916f1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 5717 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5717 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5717B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **63–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Coughlin — primary (person)
+- Keable — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
+- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
+- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2017)
+- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52ac5b25-cff9-4ab9-b0ed-630749b617de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+