---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - SUPERIOR COURT DIVERSION (Allows creation of superior court diversion program for substance abusers or persons with mental health issues charged with certain criminal offenses.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - SUPERIOR COURT DIVERSION (Allows creation of superior court diversion program for substance abusers or persons with mental health issues charged with certain criminal offenses.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5064"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5064 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Mental Health", "Civil Procedure", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven", "Keable", "Knight", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01570bcc-f7dc-452a-9244-7792ceb10ae7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "be1163791ba61b9eb234f76e9d3a28698ab05e41ea4725c91681edbbea4de765"
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 5064 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COURTS - SUPERIOR COURT DIVERSION (Allows creation of superior court diversion program for substance abusers or persons with mental health issues charged with certain criminal offenses.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5064 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5064A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** 01/11/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/31/2017)
- **2017-01-31** 01/31/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 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/01570bcc-f7dc-452a-9244-7792ceb10ae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).