---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides a procedure for the automatic sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated by operation of law or by motion.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides a procedure for the automatic sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated by operation of law or by motion.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2943"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2943 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-17"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b4350a3-dab8-4b9c-8eb1-911835bf0996"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "14075d573391d67d51c2d11f113333d3c3d43974f50cf9d6259a241f4acdf9cc"
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 2943 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides a procedure for the automatic sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated by operation of law or by motion.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2943 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2943A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- OF CRIMINALS — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2022)
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-18** 06/18/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/7b4350a3-dab8-4b9c-8eb1-911835bf0996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).