---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE - 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 OFFENSE - 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: "SB 2581"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2581 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Governor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5a18780-8c9a-4a6f-9ee2-80e429492fe0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "97828b3f6afc6cc34d0cce74d5492eb0d55bb415274122bd3236da4ff60c37ed"
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 2581 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE - 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. **2581 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2581A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate 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 recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 House 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/d5a18780-8c9a-4a6f-9ee2-80e429492fe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).