---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (Upon request of a parolee, enables the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order in accordance with guidelines it is authorized to promulgate. Prisoners with a life sentence for first and second degree murder are excluded.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (Upon request of a parolee, enables the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order in accordance with guidelines it is authorized to promulgate. 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: "SB 316"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 316 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7efcdb63-a2dd-4408-965a-babdd1bf6b55"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "147768aa263c223f916e802430f48252f32d37a629981507594fca69f26acfc4"
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 316 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE (Upon request of a parolee, enables the parole board to terminate a parolee's supervision and legal custody order in accordance with guidelines it is authorized to promulgate. 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. **316** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0316.pdf)

## Votes

- - PAROLE — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calkin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2021)
- **2021-05-10** 05/10/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Meeting postponed (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed 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/7efcdb63-a2dd-4408-965a-babdd1bf6b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).