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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION"
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description: "Under the emergency fund for victims, increases the share of a victim’s total award that may be used for relocation related expenses but not increase total compensation available to a victim."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 8155"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 8155 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Diaz", "Fellela", "Furtado", "Giraldo", "Hull", "Kennedy", "Kislak", "Stewart"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-02-27"
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last_action: "2026-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d020485-aa2f-4693-85dd-2befdb03d3e3"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f22b0b315e3b71870333cead06114919acf426817ff95cb6e456817bbf4ed812"
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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 8155 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION
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Under the emergency fund for victims, increases the share of a victim’s total award that may be used for relocation related expenses but not increase total compensation available to a victim.
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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. **8155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8155.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Alzate — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- Fellela — primary (person)
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- Furtado — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2026)
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- **2026-04-08** 04/08/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/0d020485-aa2f-4693-85dd-2befdb03d3e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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