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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/sb-2227.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS"
+description: "Redefines misdemeanors for expungement purposes and make prior felonies, subsequently reclassified as misdemeanors, eligible for expungement pursuant to sections 12-1.3-2 and 12-1.3-3."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2227"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2227 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "McKenney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-24"
+last_action: "2024-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da656eb4-86d9-4171-a5e3-2ad5225f46a0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "095b980eb6bb20a6412e050336502dd499f4d5a2a578db82009f6158e81e5ee6"
+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 2227 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS
+
+Redefines misdemeanors for expungement purposes and make prior felonies, subsequently reclassified as misdemeanors, eligible for expungement pursuant to sections 12-1.3-2 and 12-1.3-3.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2227.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2024)
+- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2024)
+- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/da656eb4-86d9-4171-a5e3-2ad5225f46a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+