---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- KIDNAPPING"
description: "Establishes the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 950"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 950 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30e13f1a-b86b-4767-8fe6-e921684bcd16"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "34f0cc0bcfa3135029c7712e32547782335a29708579d560304f17ac9c1a8c24"
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 950 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- KIDNAPPING

Establishes the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor.

## Version chain

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

1. **950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0950.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** 05/05/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2025)
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/30e13f1a-b86b-4767-8fe6-e921684bcd16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).