---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INTERCEPTION OF WIRE AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Adds felony violations of Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking as a designated offense for an application for an order under the Interception of Wire and Oral Communications statute.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INTERCEPTION OF WIRE AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Adds felony violations of Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking as a designated offense for an application for an order under the Interception of Wire and Oral Communications statute.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7700"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7700 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Craven", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe71742f-6bd5-4a66-8d73-7ad4ab4edf6c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6da0bf45aab0480901177a3691f67dc8923335a390795489362ddc6c9559b8be"
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 7700 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INTERCEPTION OF WIRE AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Adds felony violations of Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking as a designated offense for an application for an order under the Interception of Wire and Oral Communications statute.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7700** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7700.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- McEntee — 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`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2022)
- **2022-03-17** 03/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2022)
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 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/fe71742f-6bd5-4a66-8d73-7ad4ab4edf6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).