---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 720"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 720 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adm/Office of Healthy Aging (OHA)", "Criminal Procedure", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Euer", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Ujifusa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3305c245-2905-471f-ba38-94807e66f292"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f69cb070bdd4d37c99ee4ed1277069ee6366df59d3d4a19c4d388810ec938deb"
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 720 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)

## Version chain

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

1. **720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0720.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2023)
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/3305c245-2905-471f-ba38-94807e66f292`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).