---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION (Allows for compensation for a minor who witnesses a homicide or incident of domestic violence from the crime victims compensation program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION (Allows for compensation for a minor who witnesses a homicide or incident of domestic violence from the crime victims compensation program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5452"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5452 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Treasurer", "Domestic Relations", "Criminal Procedure", "Workers Compensation", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Marshall", "McEntee", "Shekarchi", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f164540-5bba-46c8-95a8-6818a110e99b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "419fe06b45a441199f4e0ca4643dc36b16477ae58c44ef0a3a0581fae1e2c7f7"
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 5452 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION (Allows for compensation for a minor who witnesses a homicide or incident of domestic violence from the crime victims compensation program.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5452** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5452.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** 02/09/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-24** 02/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2017)
- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 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`
- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (03/29/2017)
- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2017)
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 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/5f164540-5bba-46c8-95a8-6818a110e99b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).