---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2219"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2219 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E Morgan", "F Lombardi", "Rogers", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e405a97c-fe17-42fc-a32d-ce4ecb8650ea"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8703748b8b4825c92688e2cb178c043ba5f2c11593b665c4848d811f3a2407e3"
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 2219 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2219.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–6** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- E Morgan — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate 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`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/e405a97c-fe17-42fc-a32d-ce4ecb8650ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).