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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS"
+description: "Further delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2047"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2047 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "Gu", "LaMountain", "Mack", "McKenney", "Murray", "Quezada", "Ujifusa", "Urso", "Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-09"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f2eada0-a60f-407b-8b82-0774c36ca666"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0aab0b06ebe57fea82be5190f47cb3741926642061f42aa93b369cb1f820b01a"
+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 SB 2047 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS
+
+Further delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2047 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2047A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–5** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **61–10** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **32–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+- Vargas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2026)
+- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/12/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-13** 05/13/2026 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **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`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/1f2eada0-a60f-407b-8b82-0774c36ca666`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+