---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS (Changes the definition of \"elder person\" for purposes of exploitation of elders from a person sixty-five (65) years of age or older to a person sixty (60) years of age or older.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS (Changes the definition of \"elder person\" for purposes of exploitation of elders from a person sixty-five (65) years of age or older to a person sixty (60) years of age or older.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2228"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2228 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Coyne", "DiMario", "Euer", "Miller", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52755caa-9dcc-43a8-99c7-85ed8ef2db4c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "08601cf99bde2bed861677b08a2efefa0b162d16331ff94a1a7d02f2dfc20f07"
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 2228 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- EXPLOITATION OF ELDERS (Changes the definition of "elder person" for purposes of exploitation of elders from a person sixty-five (65) years of age or older to a person sixty (60) years of age or older.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2228.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** 02/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2022)
- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/08/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** 03/08/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/52755caa-9dcc-43a8-99c7-85ed8ef2db4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).