---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Clarifies what constitutes a felony, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor and also amends the penalties for certain criminal offenses involving assault and larceny, based on the value of property stolen.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Clarifies what constitutes a felony, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor and also amends the penalties for certain criminal offenses involving assault and larceny, based on the value of property stolen.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5115"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5115 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Criminal Offense", "Civil Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Blazejewski", "Craven", "Knight", "Regunberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c033b30-fb16-4dcc-9999-cc3148607203"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d750d45118456145cdac82e757eced8423b1e790eae51303676842f76cbd9323"
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 5115 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Clarifies what constitutes a felony, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor and also amends the penalties for certain criminal offenses involving assault and larceny, based on the value of property stolen.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5115 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5115A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** 01/13/2017 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`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Scheduled for reconsideration (09/15/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 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/4c033b30-fb16-4dcc-9999-cc3148607203`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).