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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 720"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 720 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Adm/Office of Healthy Aging (OHA)", "Criminal Procedure", "Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Euer", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Ujifusa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-22"
+last_action: "2023-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3305c245-2905-471f-ba38-94807e66f292"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f69cb070bdd4d37c99ee4ed1277069ee6366df59d3d4a19c4d388810ec938deb"
+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 720 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0720.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2023)
+- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/3305c245-2905-471f-ba38-94807e66f292`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+