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legislation/us/states/ri/2022/hb-8230.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 8230"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8230 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Casimiro", "Costantino", "Hawkins", "Marszalkowski", "McEntee", "Noret", "Place", "Shanley", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-05-11"
+last_action: "2022-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56f0e141-a3ab-4b1b-becb-383c62f3063c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "931b5529abe7832bc60e7701455054fde6ca2b33186d25334fab5e934bd08333"
+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 8230 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8230.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Place — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2022)
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2022)
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/56f0e141-a3ab-4b1b-becb-383c62f3063c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+