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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: "SB 503"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 503 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Attorney General", "Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Fees"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Euer", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Mack", "McCaffrey"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-03-04"
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last_action: "2021-07-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e640ee2-3de8-49ac-817b-64ee2651e3d9"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "c9aa87c5c1ddb4b10ea525d30befa9355656cdce2a0d1ce7f9486a842cf00dea"
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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 SB 503 (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. **503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0503.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2021)
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- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
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- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
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- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
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- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
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- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House 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/1e640ee2-3de8-49ac-817b-64ee2651e3d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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