---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEARCH WARRANTS (Authorizes detectives, and any rank above, in the town of North Kingstown police department to sign written complaints, under oath, for the issuance of search warrants.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEARCH WARRANTS (Authorizes detectives, and any rank above, in the town of North Kingstown police department to sign written complaints, under oath, for the issuance of search warrants.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 335"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 335 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheehan", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f40ace3-04ab-492f-bcd1-e5fe538f736e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5260e6dcefad49804ac39fe1f83ffb4d9838392f39a8bb49a74707a9e7e3a142"
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 335 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEARCH WARRANTS (Authorizes detectives, and any rank above, in the town of North Kingstown police department to sign written complaints, under oath, for the issuance of search warrants.)

## Version chain

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

1. **335** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0335.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sheehan — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2019)
- **2019-04-09** 04/09/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2019)
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f40ace3-04ab-492f-bcd1-e5fe538f736e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).