republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-834.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Eliminates the marital sexual assault exception when a victim is incapacitated, disabled, or helpless.)	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Eliminates the marital sexual assault exception when a victim is incapacitated, disabled, or helpless.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 834	Rhode Island SB 834 (2021)	bill	Criminal Offense Developmentally Disabled Domestic Relations Handicapped Sexual Assault	enacted	Cano Coyne DiMario Euer Gallo Goodwin Lawson McCaffrey Sosnowski Valverde	1	14	2	2021-04-23	2021-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/cdd64438-392c-4ab1-80ee-eb8c94ba2755	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	e674af87f35efc52eac0195de13aa48560f569a5c676ddb2c4183aac4b51a867	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 834 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT (Eliminates the marital sexual assault exception when a victim is incapacitated, disabled, or helpless.)

Version chain

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

1. 834 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 71–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cano — primary (person)
• Coyne — primary (person)
• DiMario — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)
• Valverde — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-04-23 04/23/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-07 05/07/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2021)
• 2021-05-13 05/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2021)
• 2021-06-08 06/08/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-09 06/09/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2021)
• 2021-06-15 06/15/2021 Senate read and passed passage
• 2021-06-16 06/16/2021 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
• 2021-06-18 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-18 06/18/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2021)
• 2021-06-22 06/22/2021 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cdd64438-392c-4ab1-80ee-eb8c94ba2755. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).