---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5084"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5084 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Fees", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4f47cd1-4fba-4a65-9aad-8c6d9cf2963a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "23259e4310ebe1bd42403828bfe6e46c64308421d531ad229d178a01f981b231"
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 5084 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5084** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5084.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/03/2021)
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2021)
- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/b4f47cd1-4fba-4a65-9aad-8c6d9cf2963a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).