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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Creates an action authorizing any person who has been sentenced to imprisonment greater than one year subsequent to being wrongfully convicted of a criminal offense to petition court for an award of compensation and damages, including attorney’s fees.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Creates an action authorizing any person who has been sentenced to imprisonment greater than one year subsequent to being wrongfully convicted of a criminal offense to petition court for an award of compensation and damages, including attorney’s fees.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5470"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5470 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Courts", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Fees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Amore", "McEntee", "Nardone", "Place", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fe716a3-ae77-4a84-8b30-6e69bff45553"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "8ee9e67aa0feae000548549e296b9c933abafe4115bba2ee57f9c199bd965556"
+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 5470 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Creates an action authorizing any person who has been sentenced to imprisonment greater than one year subsequent to being wrongfully convicted of a criminal offense to petition court for an award of compensation and damages, including attorney’s fees.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5470 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5470B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Amore — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Nardone — primary (person)
+- Place — primary (person)
+- Serpa — 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`
+- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2021)
+- **2021-03-09** 03/09/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/17/2021)
+- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/30/2021)
+- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/0fe716a3-ae77-4a84-8b30-6e69bff45553`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+