---
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: "SB 503"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 503 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Mack", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e640ee2-3de8-49ac-817b-64ee2651e3d9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c9aa87c5c1ddb4b10ea525d30befa9355656cdce2a0d1ce7f9486a842cf00dea"
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 503 (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. **503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0503.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2021)
- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House 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/1e640ee2-3de8-49ac-817b-64ee2651e3d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).