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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST"
+description: "Makes it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 8463"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8463 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brien", "Casey", "Chippendale", "Corvese", "Cotter", "Fascia", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Santucci"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-04-17"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c7a54c0-4b94-4c4f-863b-a11763b9bf48"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0bb0fd0cef509a97b010d1c79ccda2da4e108afbc51c11b26f9b6d54090293c6"
+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 8463 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST
+
+Makes it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8463 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8463A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Fascia — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Santucci — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-04-17** 04/17/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2026)
+- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/9c7a54c0-4b94-4c4f-863b-a11763b9bf48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+