---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Same as 21H-5141 -- Increases the age of children able to utilize a recorded forensic interview for cases of sexual abuse in grand jury testimony -- child assault from age fourteen (14) to age eighteen (18).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Same as 21H-5141 -- Increases the age of children able to utilize a recorded forensic interview for cases of sexual abuse in grand jury testimony -- child assault from age fourteen (14) to age eighteen (18).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 6644"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6644 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Casimiro", "Craven", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ec78064-ee08-4d24-adc3-8456acf77181"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "991f4db4a95d460475bbb01b5adeeb533d1f1ca8cb550b8ec56e50caa96ea215"
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 6644 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Same as 21H-5141 -- Increases the age of children able to utilize a recorded forensic interview for cases of sexual abuse in grand jury testimony -- child assault from age fourteen (14) to age eighteen (18).)

## Version chain

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

1. **6644 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H6644A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **63–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** 01/06/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (02/17/2022)
- **2022-02-17** 02/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Placed on House Calendar (03/08/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** 03/08/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/7ec78064-ee08-4d24-adc3-8456acf77181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).