---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Criminalize residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Criminalize residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 835"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 835 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Mortgages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Crowley", "Lombardo", "Nesselbush", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-27"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74139c8d-542d-4fc3-8ddc-6c0423a2e0d2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d9518373da2c94a7fea2399291951417de33c65fc371349b21862d02f0d2c21e"
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 835 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING (Criminalize residential mortgage fraud and extend the statute of limitations for certain offenses.)

## Version chain

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

1. **835 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0835A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Calkin — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2017)
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A 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`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 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 of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House 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/74139c8d-542d-4fc3-8ddc-6c0423a2e0d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).