---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5717"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5717 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Coughlin", "Keable", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52ac5b25-cff9-4ab9-b0ed-630749b617de"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1ddafe5a83ab1df7d3310c32fe59059ca61d9c53af9f2b395bbc41bbfdf916f1"
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 5717 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5717 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5717B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **63–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Coughlin — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 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/52ac5b25-cff9-4ab9-b0ed-630749b617de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).