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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS IN DISTRICT COURTS (Provides judges the discretion to make the time period of a filing under § 12-10-12, but in no event longer than the maximum jail sentence allowed by law.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS IN DISTRICT COURTS (Provides judges the discretion to make the time period of a filing under § 12-10-12, but in no event longer than the maximum jail sentence allowed by law.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 6522"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6522 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Dawson", "O'Brien", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-06-13"
+last_action: "2023-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd9b7f4-ae9e-431e-8df5-1c5844b87ea8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4120499cb4a0e87492ab21cca35e9853e203aa2b9a321d9ac4c3d12d5fe06fce"
+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 6522 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS IN DISTRICT COURTS (Provides judges the discretion to make the time period of a filing under § 12-10-12, but in no event longer than the maximum jail sentence allowed by law.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6522.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-23** 06/23/2023 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/8dd9b7f4-ae9e-431e-8df5-1c5844b87ea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+