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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (This act would, upon its own motion or upon request of a parolee, enable the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order. Prisoners with a life sentence for first and second degree murder are excluded.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (This act would, upon its own motion or upon request of a parolee, enable the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order. Prisoners with a life sentence for first and second degree murder are excluded.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5468"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5468 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Parole"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Felix", "Slater", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-07-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364b4275-6128-4846-b49c-a7a45dc677ed"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a433271780a5f95d0893d11ae832da6a569771267d46cbd74b720074bdbd84b2"
+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 5468 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (This act would, upon its own motion or upon request of a parolee, enable the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order. Prisoners with a life sentence for first and second degree murder are excluded.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5468 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5468A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/23/2021)
+- **2021-02-23** 02/23/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 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/364b4275-6128-4846-b49c-a7a45dc677ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+