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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-316.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (Upon request of a parolee, enables the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order in accordance with guidelines it is authorized to promulgate. Prisoners with a life sentence for first and second degree murder are excluded.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (Upon request of a parolee, enables the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order in accordance with guidelines it is authorized to promulgate. 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: "SB 316"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 316 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Parole"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Quezada"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-18"
+last_action: "2021-07-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7efcdb63-a2dd-4408-965a-babdd1bf6b55"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "147768aa263c223f916e802430f48252f32d37a629981507594fca69f26acfc4"
+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 316 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (Upon request of a parolee, enables the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order in accordance with guidelines it is authorized to promulgate. 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. **316** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0316.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- - PAROLE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Calkin — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2021)
+- **2021-05-10** 05/10/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Meeting postponed (06/03/2021)
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
+- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed 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/7efcdb63-a2dd-4408-965a-babdd1bf6b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+