---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Entitles person to have criminal conviction records expunged if the offense is decriminalized subsequent to the conviction.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Entitles person to have criminal conviction records expunged if the offense is decriminalized subsequent to the conviction.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2447"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2447 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Jabour", "Lombardi", "Metts", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83267bb4-a855-40c6-b27d-9b3016abf515"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b679eb9c7384ba0cf908371b68c8b54b572189f347e6479423d7cc6ac4b25b26"
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 2447 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Entitles person to have criminal conviction records expunged if the offense is decriminalized subsequent to the conviction.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2447** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2447.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowley — primary (person)
- Jabour — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-12** 03/12/2018 Meeting postponed (03/13/2018)
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2018)
- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/83267bb4-a855-40c6-b27d-9b3016abf515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).