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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KITS (Requires any entity that receives, maintains, stores or preserves sexual assault evidence kits to submit a report to the department of health, annually, setting forth the total number of untested kits in possession of such entity.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KITS (Requires any entity that receives, maintains, stores or preserves sexual assault evidence kits to submit a report to the department of health, annually, setting forth the total number of untested kits in possession of such entity.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 7079"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7079 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Bennett", "Caldwell", "Cassar", "Cortvriend", "Craven", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Kazarian", "McEntee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-12"
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last_action: "2022-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53544012-3c35-4a3c-9504-15967dbe7d38"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a54678f474404cd15df70606ea97968318a981875c89a9ed24c65258f968205c"
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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 7079 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KITS (Requires any entity that receives, maintains, stores or preserves sexual assault evidence kits to submit a report to the department of health, annually, setting forth the total number of untested kits in possession of such entity.)
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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. **7079 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7079A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **69–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Cassar — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-12** 01/12/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-04** 02/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2022-02-06** 02/06/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/08/2022)
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- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
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- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2022-06-12** 06/12/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
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- **2022-06-13** 06/13/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/53544012-3c35-4a3c-9504-15967dbe7d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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