---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Upon defendant's violation of terms of bail, the amount forfeited by court is limited to10% of surety deposited.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Upon defendant's violation of terms of bail, the amount forfeited by court is limited to10% of surety deposited.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5206"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5206 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Knight", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/408b4b62-4006-4c18-affc-eeaa4a02ee5e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a43b325d3509d1af98925179fe32604dbcc0ffe79fe75c3a63211f5305f58961"
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 5206 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Upon defendant's violation of terms of bail, the amount forfeited by court is limited to10% of surety deposited.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5206.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–10** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** 01/26/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-10** 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2017)
- **2017-02-14** 02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2017)
- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Placed on House Calendar (03/09/2017)
- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Committee heard
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/408b4b62-4006-4c18-affc-eeaa4a02ee5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).