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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION"
+description: "Considers election officials and poll workers \"public officials\" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5300"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5300 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Dawson", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bd458e5-7a50-42ec-b02e-57d9c61f9491"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "142e94096bb0248fff732ff85b8d015a23aac2fdefe931bc1b82242864c4af26"
+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 5300 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION
+
+Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5300 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5300A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–6** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **60–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2025)
+- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/01/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/3bd458e5-7a50-42ec-b02e-57d9c61f9491`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+