---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- STATE CRIME LABORATORY (Changes the director and other positions at the state crime laboratory from board of governors' appointments to employees of the council on postsecondary education.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- STATE CRIME LABORATORY (Changes the director and other positions at the state crime laboratory from board of governors' appointments to employees of the council on postsecondary education.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6157"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6157 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Johnston", "Morin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-04-27"
last_action: "2017-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1545f02-e29d-48b2-a9f8-fcac1c14324d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "677b30512b0fa47ab39125711fa0a242df3291db838ac7a7e9e20510a8599b24"
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 6157 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- STATE CRIME LABORATORY (Changes the director and other positions at the state crime laboratory from board of governors' appointments to employees of the council on postsecondary education.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6157.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2017)
- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2017)
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 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/c1545f02-e29d-48b2-a9f8-fcac1c14324d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).