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legislation/us/states/ri/2022/sb-2228.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS (Changes the definition of \"elder person\" for purposes of exploitation of elders from a person sixty-five (65) years of age or older to a person sixty (60) years of age or older.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS (Changes the definition of \"elder person\" for purposes of exploitation of elders from a person sixty-five (65) years of age or older to a person sixty (60) years of age or older.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2228"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2228 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Coyne", "DiMario", "Euer", "Miller", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-02-08"
+last_action: "2022-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52755caa-9dcc-43a8-99c7-85ed8ef2db4c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "08601cf99bde2bed861677b08a2efefa0b162d16331ff94a1a7d02f2dfc20f07"
+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 2228 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS (Changes the definition of "elder person" for purposes of exploitation of elders from a person sixty-five (65) years of age or older to a person sixty (60) years of age or older.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2228.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–3** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-25** 02/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2022)
+- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/08/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-08** 03/08/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
+- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 House 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/52755caa-9dcc-43a8-99c7-85ed8ef2db4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+