---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION"
description: "Under the emergency fund for victims, increases the share of a victim’s total award that may be used for relocation related expenses but not increase total compensation available to a victim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2832"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2832 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Murray", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2792212b-54bc-43d6-85d7-25e6260dc22e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0a86a38b22f18ee69aea70c3769ab808ad3551237796154e8e568bc7de13ebc6"
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 2832 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION

Under the emergency fund for victims, increases the share of a victim’s total award that may be used for relocation related expenses but not increase total compensation available to a victim.

## Version chain

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

1. **2832** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2832.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Meeting postponed (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/03/2026)
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/2792212b-54bc-43d6-85d7-25e6260dc22e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).