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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Makes persons with 6 or less misdemeanors eligible for expungement by filing motion 10 years from completion date of last sentence unless convicted for felony involving domestic violence, DUI, or chemical test refusal.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Makes persons with 6 or less misdemeanors eligible for expungement by filing motion 10 years from completion date of last sentence unless convicted for felony involving domestic violence, DUI, or chemical test refusal.)"
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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: "SB 426"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 426 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Attorney General", "DUI", "Criminal Procedure", "Drugs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Metts"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-02"
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last_action: "2017-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3daf414b-0525-4403-8e76-9453acc76714"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "79789abe3cb0f89efa193d9197dad6295366e75ce9c96a61280a120667028431"
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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 SB 426 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Makes persons with 6 or less misdemeanors eligible for expungement by filing motion 10 years from completion date of last sentence unless convicted for felony involving domestic violence, DUI, or chemical test refusal.)
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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. **426 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0426A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
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- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS — **34–2** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Metts — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-03-28** 03/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2017)
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- **2017-03-30** 03/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/3daf414b-0525-4403-8e76-9453acc76714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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