---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT"
description: "Establishes concurrent jurisdiction between the Rhode Island Family Court and the Federal Government for the purposes of adjudicating minors who have allegedly committed a crime while residing on a military installation located in Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5222"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5222 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Caldwell", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Dawson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e7585b9-4bce-4dbe-b2ec-ca85a25d1c09"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2632b3c7ca0245dfb872d9c6e0717e5204ee9133ecfbdc643544ea0b9064512f"
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 5222 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT

Establishes concurrent jurisdiction between the Rhode Island Family Court and the Federal Government for the purposes of adjudicating minors who have allegedly committed a crime while residing on a military installation located in Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **5222 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5222aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2025)
- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e7585b9-4bce-4dbe-b2ec-ca85a25d1c09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).