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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIALS (Restricts the use of a victim's gender or sexual orientation as a defense by any defendant claiming provocation, diminished capacity or self-defense and prohibits the court from allowing such information into evidence.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIALS (Restricts the use of a victim's gender or sexual orientation as a defense by any defendant claiming provocation, diminished capacity or self-defense and prohibits the court from allowing such information into evidence.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7066"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7066 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Sexual Assault"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Blazejewski", "Costantino", "Marshall", "Mendonca"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-03"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa811e51-b5df-4fcb-8cab-921362216074"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "6e89a1f44f981567d4fabc4eb99233a9833309d85aa616f06a7b73a1ffc2aa83"
+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 7066 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIALS (Restricts the use of a victim's gender or sexual orientation as a defense by any defendant claiming provocation, diminished capacity or self-defense and prohibits the court from allowing such information into evidence.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7066 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7066aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **68–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Marshall — primary (person)
+- Mendonca — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-03** 01/03/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-26** 01/26/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2018)
+- **2018-01-30** 01/30/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2018)
+- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2018)
+- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/fa811e51-b5df-4fcb-8cab-921362216074`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+