---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS"
description: "Further delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2047"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2047 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "Gu", "LaMountain", "Mack", "McKenney", "Murray", "Quezada", "Ujifusa", "Urso", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f2eada0-a60f-407b-8b82-0774c36ca666"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0aab0b06ebe57fea82be5190f47cb3741926642061f42aa93b369cb1f820b01a"
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 2047 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS

Further delineates the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **2047 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2047A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **61–10** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **32–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2026)
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/12/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-13** 05/13/2026 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/1f2eada0-a60f-407b-8b82-0774c36ca666`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).