---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8230"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8230 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Casimiro", "Costantino", "Hawkins", "Marszalkowski", "McEntee", "Noret", "Place", "Shanley", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-05-11"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56f0e141-a3ab-4b1b-becb-383c62f3063c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "931b5529abe7832bc60e7701455054fde6ca2b33186d25334fab5e934bd08333"
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 8230 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Defines any act of sexual penetration or contact perpetrated by an individual with a position of authority upon a person over the age of fourteen (14) and under the age of eighteen (18) as third degree sexual assault.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8230.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2022)
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/56f0e141-a3ab-4b1b-becb-383c62f3063c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).