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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Known and may be cited as Kristen's Law, and would provide that the death of a human being as a result of a controlled substance transaction, would subject the person providing the controlled substance up to life imprisonment.) AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Known and may be cited as Kristen's Law, and would provide that the death of a human being as a result of a controlled substance transaction, would subject the person providing the controlled substance up to life imprisonment.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2018 SB 2279 Rhode Island SB 2279 (2018)
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Rhode Island SB 2279 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE (Known and may be cited as Kristen's Law, and would provide that the death of a human being as a result of a controlled substance transaction, would subject the person providing the controlled substance up to life imprisonment.)

Version chain

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

  1. 2279 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 5415 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 2411 (pass) · upper
  • Approval of Amendment — 1122 (fail) · upper
  • In Concurrence — 2511 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Coyne — primary (person)
  • Gallo — primary (person)
  • Lombardi — primary (person)
  • Seveney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-01 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-03-09 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2018-03-12 03/12/2018 Meeting postponed (03/13/2018)
  • 2018-04-19 04/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2018)
  • 2018-04-26 04/26/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2018-05-11 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
  • 2018-05-15 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-05-17 05/17/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/29/2018)
  • 2018-05-29 05/29/2018 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2018-05-31 05/31/2018 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2018-06-16 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
  • 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
  • 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 House passed Sub B passage
  • 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
  • 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence passage
  • 2018-06-26 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2018-06-29 06/29/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/555a0af9-827c-4501-9ac0-35404a0a1112. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).