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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE"
+description: "Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6165"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6165 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cotter", "Craven", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Hull", "McEntee", "Noret", "Read", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-04-02"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7afad5fe-b376-449f-822c-eb4fd9941851"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f45d13f447267fa72ee17a778c6144dc9061fa9b28720aa180ec6f6a803612e3"
+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 6165 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE
+
+Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6165 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6165A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/7afad5fe-b376-449f-822c-eb4fd9941851`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+