---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES"
description: "Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5046"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5046 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Caldwell", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "Corvese", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Knight", "Noret", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cfe1879-f199-4510-ab11-132675a78351"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "84721f99bbefc12e878c7738967c7b35feb2598e7612e4225290a40392de707b"
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 5046 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES

Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted.

## Version chain

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

1. **5046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5046.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** 01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2025)
- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (02/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/5cfe1879-f199-4510-ab11-132675a78351`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).