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IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
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Passed HouseJun 16, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Reduces the time for expungements to three (3) years for a single misdemeanor and five (5) years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors.)
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House • Jun 16, 2025: 06/16/2025 House read and passed
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AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Reduces the time for expungements to three (3) years for a single misdemeanor and five (5) years for felonies and multiple misdemeanors.)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Permits those persons with felony convictions to have up to six misdemeanor offenses expunged from their criminal record.)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Permits those individuals convicted of multiple felonies and misdemeanors to have their records expunged and provide criteria for the court to consider in determining whether the person is of good moral character.)
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.)
Summary/Bill Text
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 69
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Batista
- Bennett
- Biah
- Blazejewski
- Boylan
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Chippendale
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Costantino
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- Dawson
- DeSimone
- Diaz
- Donovan
- Edwards
- Felix
- Fellela
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Hopkins
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Nardone
- Newberry
- Noret
- Phillips
- Place
- Potter
- Quattrocchi
- Read
- Roberts
- Sanchez
- Santucci
- Serpa
- ShallcrossSmith
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Spears
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Voas
NO: 3
Actions
- Jun 16, 2025 | House
- 06/16/2025 House read and passed
- Jun 13, 2025 | House
- 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025)
- Jun 12, 2025 | House
- 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage
- Jun 06, 2025 | House
- 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- Apr 01, 2025 | House
- 04/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Mar 28, 2025 | House
- 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/01/2025)
- Feb 12, 2025 | House
- 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
Bill Texts
Documents
- 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/01/2025)
- 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025)
- House Judiciary: 04-03-2025--H5441--Michael R._Lanowy--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 04-01-2025--H5441--Alexandrea_GonzalezPDF
- House Judiciary: 04-01-2025--H5441--Alexandrea_Gonzalez--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 04-01-2025--H5441--Lucy_Rios (Exec. Dir. RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence)--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 04-01-2025--H5441--Luis M._Estrada, Jr.--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 04-01-2025--H5441--Megan F._Jackson (Office of the RI Public Defender)--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 04-01-2025--H5441--Michael A._DiLauro, Esq. (The Just Criminal Justice Group, LLC)--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 04-01-2025--H5441--Michael D._Evora (Exec. Dir. RI Commission for Human Rights)--JudPDF
- House Judiciary: 04-01-2025--H5441--Michael R._Lanowy--JudPDF