---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST"
description: "Makes it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8463"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8463 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brien", "Casey", "Chippendale", "Corvese", "Cotter", "Fascia", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Santucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-04-17"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c7a54c0-4b94-4c4f-863b-a11763b9bf48"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0bb0fd0cef509a97b010d1c79ccda2da4e108afbc51c11b26f9b6d54090293c6"
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 8463 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST

Makes it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive.

## Version chain

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

1. **8463 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8463A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brien — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Fascia — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Santucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17** 04/17/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2026)
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/9c7a54c0-4b94-4c4f-863b-a11763b9bf48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).