---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses regarding financial and banking fraud.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses regarding financial and banking fraud.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5695"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5695 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Mortgages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnston", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "Messier", "O`Grady"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa78d2de-cc27-44a0-9dc2-900d8654134c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1d03755624a30d4e6721f8bc7b48dd0bf77c95f8f8c161f261b7aa348e0f067f"
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 5695 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Criminalizes residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses regarding financial and banking fraud.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5695 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5695A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Johnston — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- O`Grady — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2017)
- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2017)
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/fa78d2de-cc27-44a0-9dc2-900d8654134c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).