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legislation/us/states/ri/2022/hb-7694.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Corrects the erroneous misdemeanor classification of the criminal offense of fraudulent conversion by agent or factor.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Corrects the erroneous misdemeanor classification of the criminal offense of fraudulent conversion by agent or factor.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7694"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7694 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craven"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-02"
+last_action: "2022-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ccbd4cd-1365-4e5c-99f2-c23f4981f1c8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b57ff8cbd54d9458256175feafea12dd870618428ef3ecb0ac086555ecda7e9e"
+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 7694 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Corrects the erroneous misdemeanor classification of the criminal offense of fraudulent conversion by agent or factor.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7694** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7694.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craven — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2022)
+- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2022)
+- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/3ccbd4cd-1365-4e5c-99f2-c23f4981f1c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+