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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT"
+description: "Requires the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault forms by law enforcement agencies, and enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7648"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7648 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Dawson", "Knight", "McEntee", "O'Brien", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-11"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bde42bb-539e-4465-a5a1-7641ae454964"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "76c8e4bc75bdef84d652bd877e2265d7f370745a965f3b48e890fc8a21e47038"
+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 7648 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT
+
+Requires the electronic filing of domestic violence/sexual assault forms by law enforcement agencies, and enhances the information to be included on the reporting forms.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7648** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7648.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
+- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
+- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/07/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/05/2026)
+- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2026)
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/2bde42bb-539e-4465-a5a1-7641ae454964`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+