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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws (\"cruelty to or neglect of child\") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws (\"cruelty to or neglect of child\") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7652"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7652 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Attorney General", "Courts", "Criminal Offense", "Delinquent and Dependent Children", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Jacquard", "McEntee", "McKiernan", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-15"
+last_action: "2018-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85406a27-554d-435a-bc13-85c676438264"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "ea871b6d9e907fb13dc249e4f5164472d9d784eab0ad486bd25774e62406bd8b"
+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 7652 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws ("cruelty to or neglect of child") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7652** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7652.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Jacquard — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McKiernan — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
+- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2018)
+- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
+- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2018)
+- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2018)
+- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2018)
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 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/85406a27-554d-435a-bc13-85c676438264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+