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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 OFFENSES -- ASSAULTS (Makes assault and battery upon delivery persons a felony and mandates a maximum sentence of imprisonment of 3 years. Persons convicted of such an assault and battery while using a dangerous weapon, the minimum sentence is imprisonment for 5 years.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULTS (Makes assault and battery upon delivery persons a felony and mandates a maximum sentence of imprisonment of 3 years. Persons convicted of such an assault and battery while using a dangerous weapon, the minimum sentence is imprisonment for 5 years.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 5854"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5854 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Correctional Institutions", "Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Hull", "Morin"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-03-03"
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last_action: "2017-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f1bed15-95db-4c4c-ad9c-90f617db47c9"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "6af3be489173c7304dbd85f5c4d4d5d534f6df74063d7a816105af77f347e5bb"
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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 5854 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULTS (Makes assault and battery upon delivery persons a felony and mandates a maximum sentence of imprisonment of 3 years. Persons convicted of such an assault and battery while using a dangerous weapon, the minimum sentence is imprisonment for 5 years.)
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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. **5854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5854.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **52–13** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Canario — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Morin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
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- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2017)
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
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- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/8f1bed15-95db-4c4c-ad9c-90f617db47c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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