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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION"
+description: "Allows victims of sexual assault to submit a medical forensic exam performed by a licensed health care provider in lieu of a police report in order to establish eligibility for funds under the State Crime Victim Compensation Program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7449"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7449 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Caldwell", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Morales", "O'Brien", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-02-02"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/768284cb-dfb4-472d-9336-4019bdcf36f8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "53bc00cd46a13d10480b8dcbcec8a0e569a875b18b407fa893bf46734f2593be"
+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 7449 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION
+
+Allows victims of sexual assault to submit a medical forensic exam performed by a licensed health care provider in lieu of a police report in order to establish eligibility for funds under the State Crime Victim Compensation Program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7449 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7449A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
+- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/768284cb-dfb4-472d-9336-4019bdcf36f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+