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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/sb-2777.md

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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: "SB 2777"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2777 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Quezada", "Tikoian", "Ujifusa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-08"
+last_action: "2024-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3137577-47e3-40dd-814f-ccc876183dee"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "efe62a283c94206972fe484b919cf8e99b9dee5c36f0d782d4436531f4f3737a"
+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 2777 (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. **2777 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2777A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
+- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2024)
+- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
+- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 House passed Sub A 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/e3137577-47e3-40dd-814f-ccc876183dee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+