---
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: "SB 566"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 566 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victims of Crime", "Criminal Offense", "General Treasurer", "Domestic Relations", "Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Gallo", "Goldin", "Lynch Prata", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b46777ec-2e28-48ea-9cf8-6fcabd684b3c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "55c7430317614b8bc815519242364ed9fb06bdab69e0615b135d95ebc74a0be6"
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 566 (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. **566** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0566.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-17** 06/17/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House 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/b46777ec-2e28-48ea-9cf8-6fcabd684b3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).