republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-661.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 661	Rhode Island SB 661 (2017)	bill	Equal Rights/Discrimination Religion Criminal Procedure	enacted	Conley Coyne Crowley Satchell Seveney	1	14	2	2017-03-29	2017-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/73f96c3c-cc85-4a09-a1d0-c24017a83971	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	b54ddbde013db6493c76dc7a734c8aba5e1978b50798baa6b02762c709336d28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 661 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Provides that any applicant for employment or volunteer activity of a religious organization, undergo a national background check at the request of said religious organization, as a condition of employment.)

Version chain

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

1. 661 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• IN CONCURRENCE — 71–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Conley — primary (person)
• Coyne — primary (person)
• Crowley — primary (person)
• Satchell — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-29 03/29/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-30 03/30/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2017)
• 2017-04-04 04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
• 2017-05-23 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-25 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2017)
• 2017-05-31 05/31/2017 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-01 06/01/2017 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
• 2017-06-06 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-16 06/16/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/21/2017)
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73f96c3c-cc85-4a09-a1d0-c24017a83971. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).