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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION"
+description: "Allows victims of violent crime receiving awards under the state's crime victim compensation program to use up to $1,000 of their total award to make reasonable modification to their residence to ensure their future safety."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7747"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7747 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Baginski", "Caldwell", "Casimiro", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Kazarian", "McNamara", "Morales", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-28"
+last_action: "2024-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4feb7fd6-ccc1-49a2-b33c-994b1feb1483"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "10980f8ca7176b70f4be36673efc5b070d862635a46e48e185bb75f008406cfc"
+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 7747 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION
+
+Allows victims of violent crime receiving awards under the state's crime victim compensation program to use up to $1,000 of their total award to make reasonable modification to their residence to ensure their future safety.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7747 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7747B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 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`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2024)
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-06** 05/06/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2024)
+- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 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/4feb7fd6-ccc1-49a2-b33c-994b1feb1483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+