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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: "SB 2447"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2447 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Jabour", "Lombardi", "Metts", "Quezada"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-15"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83267bb4-a855-40c6-b27d-9b3016abf515"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "b679eb9c7384ba0cf908371b68c8b54b572189f347e6479423d7cc6ac4b25b26"
+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 2447 (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. **2447** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2447.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Crowley — primary (person)
+- Jabour — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Metts — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-03-12** 03/12/2018 Meeting postponed (03/13/2018)
+- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2018)
+- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2018)
+- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2018)
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House 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/83267bb4-a855-40c6-b27d-9b3016abf515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+