---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Permits the DOC to release a sentenced inmate up to 3 days early directly to a community partner for residential treatment or stable housing when completion of sentence is incompatible with the community partners staffing or scheduling capabilities.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Permits the DOC to release a sentenced inmate up to 3 days early directly to a community partner for residential treatment or stable housing when completion of sentence is incompatible with the community partners staffing or scheduling capabilities.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7886"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7886 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Barros", "Cassar", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Knight", "McGaw", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-04"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc7649f9-a11c-4082-a4cb-4ec8fc49d199"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "515934d1f8ceed67815a9e1706bbff26175cfa6846def9e2d05c55a2c1c7d7ae"
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 7886 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - SENTENCE AND EXECUTION (Permits the DOC to release a sentenced inmate up to 3 days early directly to a community partner for residential treatment or stable housing when completion of sentence is incompatible with the community partners staffing or scheduling capabilities.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7886** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7886.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Barros — primary (person)
- Cassar — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/13/2022)
- **2022-04-13** 04/13/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/fc7649f9-a11c-4082-a4cb-4ec8fc49d199`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).