---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS"
description: "Redefines misdemeanors for expungement purposes and make prior felonies, subsequently reclassified as misdemeanors, eligible for expungement pursuant to sections 12-1.3-2 and 12-1.3-3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8342"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8342 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Cruz", "Dawson", "Felix", "Hull", "Knight", "Lombardi", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-06-07"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aaea6ef-6642-4fc0-a4df-e7cc803f8ca7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7e6059d8d8c2dac3b64b2254b577e8a72dcaf3165be2bee3a7a78232c063a9dd"
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 8342 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS

Redefines misdemeanors for expungement purposes and make prior felonies, subsequently reclassified as misdemeanors, eligible for expungement pursuant to sections 12-1.3-2 and 12-1.3-3.

## Version chain

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

1. **8342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8342.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/4aaea6ef-6642-4fc0-a4df-e7cc803f8ca7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).