---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION"
description: "Allows victims of sexual assault to submit a medical forensic exam performed by a licensed health care provider in lieu of a police report in order to establish eligibility for funds under the State Crime Victim Compensation Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2767"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2767 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiMario", "Euer", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Mack", "Murray", "Quezada", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-08"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ac8ae1-0647-4876-bfe6-adb0d8ab6be8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "03b9be958aef189b38fc38cc962ed56caa1f450b0a5a45c7aed3241c26d335ae"
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 2767 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION

Allows victims of sexual assault to submit a medical forensic exam performed by a licensed health care provider in lieu of a police report in order to establish eligibility for funds under the State Crime Victim Compensation Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **2767 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2767A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2024)
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/41ac8ae1-0647-4876-bfe6-adb0d8ab6be8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).