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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Entitles person to have criminal conviction records expunged if the offense is decriminalized subsequent to the conviction.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Entitles person to have criminal conviction records expunged if the offense is decriminalized subsequent to the conviction.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 8355"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8355 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Diaz", "Slater", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-06-23"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/208e9d6a-a115-4057-b16b-b5a252c6b8cb"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "80b5f90d0eec40e040ae1a9e759a9175b5689998d66b3c085f6c41f933d6e8c0"
+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 8355 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Entitles person to have criminal conviction records expunged if the offense is decriminalized subsequent to the conviction.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8355.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Almeida — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed 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/208e9d6a-a115-4057-b16b-b5a252c6b8cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+