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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 5084"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5084 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Fees", "Judiciary"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-22"
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last_action: "2021-07-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4f47cd1-4fba-4a65-9aad-8c6d9cf2963a"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "23259e4310ebe1bd42403828bfe6e46c64308421d531ad229d178a01f981b231"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5084 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Allows for the sealing of records pertaining to cases for which a person is acquitted or otherwise exonerated from a charged offense and eliminates the one hundred dollar ($100) fee for the expungement of a criminal record.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5084** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5084.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Knight — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/03/2021)
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- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2021)
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- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2021)
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- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2021)
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- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
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- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
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- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4f47cd1-4fba-4a65-9aad-8c6d9cf2963a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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