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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS"
+description: "Permits those individuals convicted of multiple felonies and misdemeanors to have their records expunged and provides criteria for the court to consider in determining whether the person is of good character."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7079"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7079 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Cortvriend", "Craven", "O'Brien", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d78f935-7aef-496b-bf42-1b8925c8de06"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c11f1f14d1fd944823246282ebca15f3778dd6a32daf234db9fa5f2ecc7601a6"
+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 7079 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS
+
+Permits those individuals convicted of multiple felonies and misdemeanors to have their records expunged and provides criteria for the court to consider in determining whether the person is of good character.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7079 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7079A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **11–62** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **10–63** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **61–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** 01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2026)
+- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/1d78f935-7aef-496b-bf42-1b8925c8de06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+