---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE YOUTH PROTECTION ACT (Requires persons who provide volunteer services with youth serving agencies to get a national criminal records check.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE YOUTH PROTECTION ACT (Requires persons who provide volunteer services with youth serving agencies to get a national criminal records check.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1025"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1025 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-19"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/351311bd-340b-4ac9-9c86-ae2a6ccaa999"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ffd34264fc485c1d840005113077894ce837823eb3625fd1f66f7a0421d15008"
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 SB 1025 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE YOUTH PROTECTION ACT (Requires persons who provide volunteer services with youth serving agencies to get a national criminal records check.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S1025.pdf)

## Votes

- RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- TH — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House 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/351311bd-340b-4ac9-9c86-ae2a6ccaa999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).