---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (This act would, upon its own motion or upon request of a parolee, enable the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order. Prisoners with a life sentence for first and second degree murder are excluded.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (This act would, upon its own motion or upon request of a parolee, enable the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order. Prisoners with a life sentence for first and second degree murder are excluded.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5468"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5468 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felix", "Slater", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364b4275-6128-4846-b49c-a7a45dc677ed"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a433271780a5f95d0893d11ae832da6a569771267d46cbd74b720074bdbd84b2"
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 5468 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (This act would, upon its own motion or upon request of a parolee, enable the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order. Prisoners with a life sentence for first and second degree murder are excluded.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5468 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5468A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Felix — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/23/2021)
- **2021-02-23** 02/23/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 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/364b4275-6128-4846-b49c-a7a45dc677ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).