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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2025 SB 278 Rhode Island SB 278 (2025)
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Rhode Island SB 278 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY

Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes.

Version chain

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

  1. 278 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • IN CONCURRENCE — 675 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 360 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Acosta — primary (person)
  • Bissaillon — primary (person)
  • McKenney — primary (person)
  • Murray — primary (person)
  • Pearson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-13 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-14 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2025-03-17 03/17/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/18/2025)
  • 2025-03-21 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2025)
  • 2025-03-25 03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2025-06-06 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
  • 2025-06-09 06/09/2025 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2025-06-10 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-12 06/12/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-17 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-20 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2025-06-27 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-07-02 07/02/2025 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb87f252-ec78-44d8-bf9e-25d2364472f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).