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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 661"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 661 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Religion", "Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Coyne", "Crowley", "Satchell", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-29"
+last_action: "2017-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73f96c3c-cc85-4a09-a1d0-c24017a83971"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "b54ddbde013db6493c76dc7a734c8aba5e1978b50798baa6b02762c709336d28"
+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 SB 661 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **661 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0661A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Crowley — primary (person)
+- Satchell — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-30** 03/30/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2017)
+- **2017-04-04** 04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
+- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2017)
+- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
+- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/21/2017)
+- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 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/73f96c3c-cc85-4a09-a1d0-c24017a83971`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+