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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Provides that sex offenders register their presence with any homeless shelter at which they may temporarily stay and provides that said shelters notify the local law enforcement agency of the presence.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Provides that sex offenders register their presence with any homeless shelter at which they may temporarily stay and provides that said shelters notify the local law enforcement agency of the presence.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 55 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Sexual Assault", "Criminal Offense", "Police & Fire"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jabour", "Lombardi", "Lombardo", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d8df1e2-92c6-46bd-b8d6-6ae446fd76ea"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6d0d90a76eaa04bcd960c76a326c46c77e7f3f4a44818257f6c11e3d75b26c02"
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 55 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION (Provides that sex offenders register their presence with any homeless shelter at which they may temporarily stay and provides that said shelters notify the local law enforcement agency of the presence.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **55 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0055A.pdf)
## Votes
- AND NOTIFICATION — **350** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **360** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **340** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- — **690** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Jabour — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-18** 01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-23** 02/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2017)
- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate voted to reconsider
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/9d8df1e2-92c6-46bd-b8d6-6ae446fd76ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).