---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Corrects the erroneous misdemeanor classification of the criminal offense of fraudulent conversion by agent or factor.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Corrects the erroneous misdemeanor classification of the criminal offense of fraudulent conversion by agent or factor.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7694"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7694 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ccbd4cd-1365-4e5c-99f2-c23f4981f1c8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b57ff8cbd54d9458256175feafea12dd870618428ef3ecb0ac086555ecda7e9e"
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 7694 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Corrects the erroneous misdemeanor classification of the criminal offense of fraudulent conversion by agent or factor.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7694** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7694.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2022)
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/3ccbd4cd-1365-4e5c-99f2-c23f4981f1c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).