republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5717.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5717	Rhode Island HB 5717 (2017)	bill	Drugs Courts	enacted	Blazejewski Coughlin Keable Shanley Solomon	1	16	2	2017-03-01	2017-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/52ac5b25-cff9-4ab9-b0ed-630749b617de	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	1ddafe5a83ab1df7d3310c32fe59059ca61d9c53af9f2b395bbc41bbfdf916f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5717 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- SUPERIOR COURT (Allows those individuals with prior convictions for possession with intent to deliver or crimes of violence, to be eligible for the drug court program in Superior Court.)

Version chain

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

1. 5717 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 63–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Blazejewski — primary (person)
• Coughlin — primary (person)
• Keable — primary (person)
• Shanley — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-01 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-31 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
• 2017-04-05 04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
• 2017-05-24 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-26 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2017)
• 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-01 06/01/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub B passage
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2017-09-28 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-10-04 10/04/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52ac5b25-cff9-4ab9-b0ed-630749b617de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).