---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws (\"cruelty to or neglect of child\") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws (\"cruelty to or neglect of child\") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7652"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7652 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Courts", "Criminal Offense", "Delinquent and Dependent Children", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Jacquard", "McEntee", "McKiernan", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85406a27-554d-435a-bc13-85c676438264"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ea871b6d9e907fb13dc249e4f5164472d9d784eab0ad486bd25774e62406bd8b"
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 7652 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Transfers jurisdiction of the offenses in § 11-9-5 of the general laws ("cruelty to or neglect of child") from the Rhode Island Family Court to the Rhode Island Superior Court.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7652** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7652.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Jacquard — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McKiernan — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **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
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 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/85406a27-554d-435a-bc13-85c676438264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).