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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5084"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5084 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Fees", "Judiciary"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-22"
+last_action: "2021-07-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4f47cd1-4fba-4a65-9aad-8c6d9cf2963a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "23259e4310ebe1bd42403828bfe6e46c64308421d531ad229d178a01f981b231"
+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 5084 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5084** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5084.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Knight — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/03/2021)
+- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2021)
+- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2021)
+- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2021)
+- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
+- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/b4f47cd1-4fba-4a65-9aad-8c6d9cf2963a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+