---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Establishes criminal penalties for a wanton or reckless act or omission of a parent, guardian or any other person who has custody or control of a child that result in substantial risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse of a child in their care.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Establishes criminal penalties for a wanton or reckless act or omission of a parent, guardian or any other person who has custody or control of a child that result in substantial risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse of a child in their care.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7807"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7807 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Craven", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b40a0f43-3a92-40ba-a93a-09bad5a73fb5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a71cbb62e1a7798158492825026faef422a4534467c19d7a77241a1e979ab9b5"
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 7807 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Establishes criminal penalties for a wanton or reckless act or omission of a parent, guardian or any other person who has custody or control of a child that result in substantial risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse of a child in their care.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7807** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7807.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/13/2022)
- **2022-04-13** 04/13/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/b40a0f43-3a92-40ba-a93a-09bad5a73fb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).