---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES (Prohibits the dissemination of any indecent image of another person without authorization for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, threatening another person.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES (Prohibits the dissemination of any indecent image of another person without authorization for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, threatening another person.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7452"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7452 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Computer Technology", "Criminal Offense"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Fogarty", "Marszalkowski", "O'Brien", "Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ff5bad2-cfb2-49d4-9bcb-cb5fd6b205d8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2e5c27728a6490d1237e5e5858b1b55442963d81428c2c9357decc8007a64b46"
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 7452 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES (Prohibits the dissemination of any indecent image of another person without authorization for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, threatening another person.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7452 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7452A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-12** 03/12/2018 Meeting postponed (03/13/2018)
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/12/2018)
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 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/4ff5bad2-cfb2-49d4-9bcb-cb5fd6b205d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).