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RI HB 8058

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AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMPUTER CRIME

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Makes it unnecessary to prove that a person's transmission of electronic communications be for the sole purpose of harassment before being found guilty of cyberstalking or cyberharassment.

Introduced
2026-02-27
Status date
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Latest action
2026-06-09 — 06/09/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Dawsonprimary
  • Spearsprimary
  • Kislakprimary
  • Donovanprimary
  • Speakmanprimary
  • Casimiroprimary
  • McEnteeprimary
  • Caldwellprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-27

    02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary

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  2. 2026-03-20

    03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)

  3. 2026-03-24

    03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

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  4. 2026-05-22

    05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)

  5. 2026-05-26

    05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage

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  6. 2026-06-02

    06/02/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2026)

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  7. 2026-06-04

    06/04/2026 House read and passed

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  8. 2026-06-04

    06/04/2026 House passed in concurrence

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  9. 2026-06-09

    06/09/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • PASSAGE

    2026-06-04 · pass · 54-9

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: yes
    • Azzinaro: yes
    • Baginski: yes
    • Batista: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: no
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Carson: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: other
    • Chippendale: no
    • Cortvriend: other
    • Corvese: no
    • Costantino: other
    • Cotter: yes
    • Craven: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: no
    • Felix: yes
    • Fellela: yes
    • Finkelman: other
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Kazarian: yes
    • Kennedy: yes
    • Kislak: yes
    • Knight: yes
    • Lima: other
    • Lombardi: yes
    • Marszalkowski: yes
    • McEntee: yes
    • McGaw: yes
    • McNamara: yes
    • Messier: yes
    • Morales: other
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Nardone: no
    • Newberry: other
    • Noret: yes
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: no
    • Perez: other
    • Phillips: no
    • Place: no
    • Potter: yes
    • Quattrocchi: other
    • Read: yes
    • Roberts: other
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Santucci: no
    • Serpa: yes
    • ShallcrossSmith: yes
    • Shanley: yes
    • Shekarchi: other
    • Slater: other
    • Solomon: yes
    • Speakman: yes
    • Spears: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Tanzi: yes
    • Voas: yes

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