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type: "Bill"
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.)"
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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 230 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Goodwin", "Jabour", "Quezada", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a711f19c-9118-4b72-8ad6-49454ab36a97"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f436a1bbb3e93f2c0d7839c481321a2b892a903f0455b43e8c946fc9c4f7360b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 230 (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.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0230.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **331** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **680** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Jabour — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-23** 02/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2017)
- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a711f19c-9118-4b72-8ad6-49454ab36a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).