---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS IN DISTRICT COURTS (Provides judges the discretion to make the time period of a filing under § 12-10-12, but in no event longer than the maximum jail sentence allowed by law.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS IN DISTRICT COURTS (Provides judges the discretion to make the time period of a filing under § 12-10-12, but in no event longer than the maximum jail sentence allowed by law.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6522"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6522 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Dawson", "O'Brien", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-06-13"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd9b7f4-ae9e-431e-8df5-1c5844b87ea8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4120499cb4a0e87492ab21cca35e9853e203aa2b9a321d9ac4c3d12d5fe06fce"
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 6522 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS IN DISTRICT COURTS (Provides judges the discretion to make the time period of a filing under § 12-10-12, but in no event longer than the maximum jail sentence allowed by law.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6522.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-23** 06/23/2023 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/8dd9b7f4-ae9e-431e-8df5-1c5844b87ea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).