republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2024/hb-7747.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION	Allows victims of violent crime receiving awards under the state's crime victim compensation program to use up to $1,000 of their total award to make reasonable modification to their residence to ensure their future safety.	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2024	HB 7747	Rhode Island HB 7747 (2024)	bill		enacted	Alzate Baginski Caldwell Casimiro Felix Fogarty Kazarian McNamara Morales Vella-Wilkinson	1	18	2	2024-02-28	2024-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/4feb7fd6-ccc1-49a2-b33c-994b1feb1483	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	10980f8ca7176b70f4be36673efc5b070d862635a46e48e185bb75f008406cfc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7747 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION

Allows victims of violent crime receiving awards under the state's crime victim compensation program to use up to $1,000 of their total award to make reasonable modification to their residence to ensure their future safety.

Version chain

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

1. 7747 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• IN CONCURRENCE — 68–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alzate — primary (person)
• Baginski — primary (person)
• Caldwell — primary (person)
• Casimiro — primary (person)
• Felix — primary (person)
• Fogarty — primary (person)
• Kazarian — primary (person)
• McNamara — primary (person)
• Morales — primary (person)
• Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-28 02/28/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
• 2024-03-05 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2024-04-05 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2024)
• 2024-04-05 04/05/2024 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2024-04-09 04/09/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-09 04/09/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2024) reading-3
• 2024-04-11 04/11/2024 House passed Sub A passage
• 2024-04-16 04/16/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-05-06 05/06/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2024)
• 2024-05-08 05/08/2024 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2024-05-09 05/09/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 05/16/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/21/2024) reading-3
• 2024-05-21 05/21/2024 Senate passed Sub B passage
• 2024-05-22 05/22/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2024) reading-3
• 2024-05-22 05/22/2024 House passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2024-05-22 05/22/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-28 05/28/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4feb7fd6-ccc1-49a2-b33c-994b1feb1483. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).