---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- KIDNAPPING"
description: "Establishes the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5639"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5639 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed9dabce-1b16-4815-b72b-c2ebec45583a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e269447cb474429e4e3f38cdd5a2009f1e61beb9a4c8889dd08bfec72537487e"
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 5639 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- KIDNAPPING

Establishes the crime of attempted kidnapping of a minor.

## Version chain

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

1. **5639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5639.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2025)
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/08/2025)
- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/ed9dabce-1b16-4815-b72b-c2ebec45583a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).