---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5358"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5358 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Craven", "Cruz", "Felix", "Furtado", "McGaw", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deacbcf6-c0f8-4984-99cb-a2a198e09db1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6c39520e8ecebd936a18841f37fc77effc0b2e8df5ae776c742eabb3052204d9"
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 5358 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY

## Version chain

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

1. **5358 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5358Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **65–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/deacbcf6-c0f8-4984-99cb-a2a198e09db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).