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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Eliminates the marital sexual assault exception when a victim is incapacitated, disabled, or helpless.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Eliminates the marital sexual assault exception when a victim is incapacitated, disabled, or helpless.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 834"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 834 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Developmentally Disabled", "Domestic Relations", "Handicapped", "Sexual Assault"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Coyne", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lawson", "McCaffrey", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-04-23"
+last_action: "2021-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdd64438-392c-4ab1-80ee-eb8c94ba2755"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e674af87f35efc52eac0195de13aa48560f569a5c676ddb2c4183aac4b51a867"
+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 834 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Eliminates the marital sexual assault exception when a victim is incapacitated, disabled, or helpless.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **834** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0834.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2021)
+- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2021)
+- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2021)
+- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2021)
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 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/cdd64438-392c-4ab1-80ee-eb8c94ba2755`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+