---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6059"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6059 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Religion", "Criminal Procedure", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Keable", "Knight", "McEntee", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-31"
last_action: "2017-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cffd988-9c9b-4d61-9cf2-7031413a2ef2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1596b311d7b2568609f41f49ca08179777a32f605bba7e754409e8a30c6aee11"
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 6059 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6059 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6059A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-05-01** 05/01/2017 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-06** 05/06/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2017)
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 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`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 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/5cffd988-9c9b-4d61-9cf2-7031413a2ef2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).