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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEARCH WARRANTS (Authorizes detectives, and any rank above, in the town of North Kingstown police department to sign written complaints, under oath, for the issuance of search warrants.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEARCH WARRANTS (Authorizes detectives, and any rank above, in the town of North Kingstown police department to sign written complaints, under oath, for the issuance of search warrants.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5763"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5763 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Courts", "Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-07-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b85bbf76-f195-4526-8c5d-40f488997051"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "60c5272dcabac5acdf49690f6acdb6a75f7261dd552cb6bd94d3388f0459a7f1"
+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 5763 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEARCH WARRANTS (Authorizes detectives, and any rank above, in the town of North Kingstown police department to sign written complaints, under oath, for the issuance of search warrants.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5763** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5763.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2019)
+- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b85bbf76-f195-4526-8c5d-40f488997051`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+